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Released
  
1962

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Sonny Rollins

Label
  
RCA Victor

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Recorded
  
July 27–30, 1962February 20, 1963 Bonus tracks

Our Man in Jazz(1962)
  
Sonny Meets Hawk!(1963)

Similar
  
Sonny Rollins albums, Jazz albums

Oleo sonny rollins


Our Man in Jazz is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the RCA Victor label, featuring July 1962 performances by Rollins with Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins. These performances have been described as contrasting from Rollins' previous style by moving to "very long free-form fancies, swaggering and impetuous".

Contents

The CD reissue supplements the original LP's three tracks with three tracks recorded in February of the following year, with Henry Grimes replacing Cranshaw on bass. These recordings originally appeared on 3 in Jazz (an LP also featuring performances by Gary Burton and Clark Terry).

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
  1. "Oléo" - 25:26
  2. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 8:17
  3. "Doxy" - 15:17
  4. "You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:46 Bonus track on CD rerelease
  5. "I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:16 Bonus track on CD rerelease
  6. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 5:43 Bonus track on CD rerelease
  • Recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 (tracks 1-3) and February 20, 1963 (tracks 4-6)

    • Personnel

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Don Cherry - cornet
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass
  • Billy Higgins - drums

    • Songs

    1Oleo25:26
    2Dearly Beloved8:21
    3Doxy15:22

    References

    Our Man in Jazz Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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