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Released
  
1957

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1957)
  
Way Out West (1957)

Release date
  
1957

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Length
  
41:00

Artist
  
Sonny Rollins

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Genres
  
Jazz, Hard bop

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Recorded
  
December 16, 1956 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Similar
  
Sonny Rollins albums, Jazz albums

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, his first effort for the Blue Note label. The original LP record, Blue Note release BLP-1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. It was simply called "Sonny Rollins."

Contents

Track listing

All pieces by Rollins unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Decision" - 8:03
  2. "Bluesnote" - 7:01
  3. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 6:20
  4. "Plain Jane" - 10:00
  5. "Sonnysphere" - 9:36

Personnel

  • Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd - trumpet
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Gene Ramey - double bass

    • Songs

    1Decision8:02
    2Bluesnote6:59
    3How Are Things in Glocca Morra?6:19

    References

    Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Wikipedia
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