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Staying on the Watch

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Recorded
  
1966

Artist
  
Sonny Simmons

Producer
  
Bernard Stollman

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
43:01

Release date
  
30 August 1966

Label
  
ESP-Disk

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Released
  
August 30, 1966 (1966-08-30)

Staying on the Watch(1966)
  
Music From the Spheres(1968)

Similar
  
Sonny Simmons albums, Jazz albums

Sonny simmons staying on the watch 1966


Staying on the Watch is the debut album by jazz musician Sonny Simmons. It was released as ESP-1030 on the ESP-Disk label in 1966. The cover photo used is a reverse negative, displaying Simmons playing left handed against the NYC skyline. Colin Larkin, writing in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz considers it "a masterpiece of new jazz".

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Simmons
  1. "Metamorphosis" - 11:38
  2. "A Distant Voice" - 7:23
  3. "City of David" - 15:03
  4. "Interplanetary Travelers" - 9:20

Personnel

  • Sonny Simmons - alto saxophone
  • Barbara Donald - trumpet
  • John Hicks - piano
  • Teddy Smith - bass
  • Marvin Patillo - drums

    • Songs

    1Metamorphosis11:30
    2A Distant Voice7:16
    3City Of David14:57

    References

    Staying on the Watch Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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