Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (RVG Edition)

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

Recorded on December 16, 1956 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Originally issued as BLP 1542.
All transfers from the analog tapes to digital were made at 24-bit resolution.

Annotation last modified on 2023-01-22 08:51 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Decision
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
8:01
2Bluesnote
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
6:59
3How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
instrumental recording of:
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (from "Finian's Rainbow") (on 1956-12-16)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Glocca Morra Music Corp.
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
6:18
4Plain Jane
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
9:56
5Sonnysphere
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
9:35