Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album)

Freedom Suite
Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
ReleasedJune 1958[1]
RecordedFebruary 11 & March 7, 1958
StudioWOR Recording Studio
GenreJazz
Length40:43
LabelRiverside
Jazzland (reissue)
ProducerOrrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Rollins Plays
(1958) 		Freedom Suite
(1958) 		Sonny Side Up
(1959)

Freedom Suite is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his last recorded for the Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Rollins is very creative, stretching out on his lengthy 'Freedom Suite,' clearly enjoying investigating the obscure Noël Coward melody 'Someday I'll Find You,' turning the show tune 'Till There Was You' into jazz, and finding beauty in 'Shadow Waltz' and 'Will You Still Be Mine?' A near masterpiece."[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Freedom Suite" (Sonny Rollins) - 19:17
  2. "Someday I'll Find You" (Noël Coward) - 4:35
  3. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 2:54
  4. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) - 4:54
  5. "Till There Was You" [alternate take] (Willson) - 4:55 Bonus track on CD rerelease
  6. "Shadow Waltz" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:08
  • Recorded at WOR Recording Studio, NYC, on February 11 (tracks 2-6), and March 7 (track 1), 1958

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Billboard". June 30, 1958.
  2. ^ Sonny Rollins discography, accessed October 4, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Freedom Suite Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.