The Sound of Sonny

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Annotation

Recording Location:
NYC, USA
Recording Date:
#1, #4, #10: 1957/06/19
#2-#3, #5-#9: 1957/06/11&12
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins (ts), Sonny Clark (p), Percy Heath / Paul Chambers (b), Roy Haynes (d)
Additional:
The original edition contained only the nine first tracks.
There is an OJC-029 Vinyl release at an unknown date, and an OJC cassette release as well.
OJCCD-029-2 is sometimes indicated as released in 1987.
All the Japanese releases are 20bitK2 remasters, except VICJ-2130.
The VICJ-61XXX release is K2 HD mastered, possibly a limited edition.

Raw notes:
Jul 30, 1996
DCC Jazz
010963109221
24K Gold Disc

20bit K2 limited edition (red background sleeve)
RCD-241-2
2005/08/30
Amazon says B00005R8DC 2001/11/27

Riverside 2004 edition probably uses cat # RCD-241-2

Unconfirmed:
LP Gateway 7024
1994 CD Ace 0292

Release Date: 04/1999
Hallmark
EAN: 5030073113524
Catalogue Number: 311352

11/1998
EAN: 90204706228

Release Date: 20/11/2006
EAN: 25218602921
Catalogue Number: 1860292

Annotation last modified on 2007-04-19 15:08 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Last Time I Saw Paris
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-06-19)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Last Time I Saw Paris (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 14)
2:59
2Just in Time
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Percy Heath
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (, from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Just in Time (Bells Are Ringing) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Betty Comden (in 1956) and Adolph Green (in 1956)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1956)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Stratford Music Corporation and Warner/Chappell North America
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
3:59
3Toot, Toot, Tootsie
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
writer:
Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn and Dan Russo
publisher:
Salabert
4:24
4What Is There to Say
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-06-19)
piano:
Sonny Clark (on 1957-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-06-19)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
What Is There to Say? (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
BMG Songs, Next Decade Entertainment and T.B. Harms Co.
4:55
5Dearly Beloved
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Dearly Beloved (from “You Were Never Lovelier”) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:05
6Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (Seven Lively Arts musical revue) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:24
7Cutie
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
recording of:
Cutie (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
5:54
8It Could Happen to You
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
solo tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
It Could Happen to You (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Sony/ATV Harmony and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
sub-publisher:
Gehrmans Musikförlag, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
3:47
9Mangoes
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Percy Heath
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (, from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Mangos (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Sid Wayne
composer:
Dee Libbey
publisher:
Holly-Hill Music Publishing Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
5:33
10Funky Hotel Blues
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-06-19)
piano:
Sonny Clark (on 1957-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-06-19)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-19)
recording of:
Funky Hotel Blues (on 1957-06-19)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
6:00