Sonny Rollins on Impulse!

Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
ReleasedAugust 1965[1]
RecordedJuly 8, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:17
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Sonny Rollins chronology
There Will Never Be Another You
(1965) 		Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
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(1965)

Sonny Rollins on Impulse! is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Impulse! label, featuring performances by Rollins with Ray Bryant, Walter Booker and Mickey Roker.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
DownBeat[6]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This date is significant for the manner in which Rollins attacks five standards with a quartet.... Sonny Rollins on Impulse! feels as if it were a recording Rollins had to get out of his system. But thank goodness for us because it's a winner through and through."[3]

Track listing

  1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 7:10
  2. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 11:14
  3. "Hold 'Em Joe" (Harry Thomas) – 5:30
  4. "The Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:44
  5. "Three Little Words" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 6:56

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Billboard". August 7, 1965.
  2. ^ Sonny Rollins discography, accessed October 2, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Sonny Rollins on Impulse! > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ DownBeat magazine, November 4, 1965, p. 31