Puneet Varma (Editor)

Old Flames

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1993

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Milestone

Recorded
  
July–August 1993

Length
  
55:17

Producer
  
Sonny Rollins

Old Flames is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1993, featuring performances by Rollins with Clifton Anderson, Tommy Flanagan, Bob Cranshaw and Jack DeJohnette with Jon Faddis, Byron Stripling, Alex Brofsky and Bob Stewart added on two tracks which were arranged by Jimmy Heath.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "Comfortable and occasionally passionate music by one of the classic tenor-saxophonists".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
  1. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:56
  2. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:09
  3. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 7:15
  4. "Times Slimes" – 6:58
  5. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 9:41
  6. "Delia" (Franz Lehár) – 9:48
  7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 7:18
  • Recorded in NY on July–August, 1993

    • Personnel

  • Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone
  • Clifton Anderson: trombone
  • Tommy Flanagan: piano
  • Bob Cranshaw: electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Jon Faddis, Byron Stripling: flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 7)
  • Alex Brofsky: french horn (tracks 1 & 7)
  • Bob Stewart: tuba (tracks 1 & 7)
  • Jimmy Heath: arranger, conductor (tracks 1 & 7)

    • References

    Old Flames Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA