Released End of July 1957 Rollins Plays for Bird
(1956) Tour de Force
(1956) Release date 1956 Label Prestige Records | Length 43:22 Artist Sonny Rollins Quintet Producer Bob Weinstock Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded October 5, 1956
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack Similar Sonny Boy, Work Time, Sonny Rollins Plus 4, Tour de Force, Moving Out | ||
Sonny rollins rollins plays for bird
Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker.
Contents
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos describes the album as "A disappointment in terms of the division of labor, and not the merging of titans jazz lovers would have wished for, this recording still provides a great deal of high level music that could have been so much more".
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated.- "Bird Medley: I Remember You/My Melancholy Baby/Old Folks/They Can't Take That Away From Me/Just Friends/My Little Suede Shoes/Star Eyes" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger/Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton/Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis/Charlie Parker/Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 26:55
- "Kids Know" - 11:39
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 4:52
- "The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) - 9:21 Bonus track on CD rerelease
Personnel
Songs
1I Remember You / My Melancholy Baby / Old Folks / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Just Friends / My Little Suede Shoes / Star Eyes26:55
2Kids Know11:39
3I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face4:52
References
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