Sonny Rollins, Volume 1

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, his first effort for the Blue Note label.[6] The original LP record, Blue Note release BLP-1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. It was simply called Sonny Rollins.

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1957[1]
RecordedDecember 16, 1956
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz, Hard Bop
Length41:00
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1542
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Boy
(1956)
Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
(1957)
Way Out West
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

Track listing

All pieces by Rollins unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Decision" - 8:03
  2. "Bluesnote" - 7:01
  3. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 6:20
  4. "Plain Jane" - 10:00
  5. "Sonnysphere" - 9:36

Personnel

References

  1. "Billboard". March 30, 1957.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. DownBeat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1232. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. Cook, Stephen & Campbell, Al at allmusic
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