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The Way I Feel (Sonny Rollins album)

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Released
  
1976

Length
  
36:55

Artist
  
Sonny Rollins

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August-October 1976

The Way I Feel (1976)
  
Easy Living (1977)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Milestone Records

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The Way I Feel is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1976, featuring performances by Rollins with Patrice Rushen, Lee Ritenour, Billy Cobham, and Bill Summers with a brass section added on five tracks.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "One of Sonny Rollins' lesser sets of the 1970s".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
  1. "Island Lady" - 5:51
  2. "Asfrantation Woogie" - 3:14
  3. "Love Reborn" (George Duke, Flora Purim) - 5:13
  4. "Happy Feel" - 3:53
  5. "Shout It Out" (Patrice Rushen) - 5:45
  6. "The Way I Feel About You" (Duke) - 5:34
  7. "Charm Baby" - 7:25
  • Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, August–October, 1976

    • Personnel

  • Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone
  • Patrice Rushen: piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
  • Lee Ritenour: guitar
  • Billy Cobham: drums
  • Bill Summers: conga, percussion
  • Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Chuck Findley: trumpet (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
  • George Bohanon, Lew McCreary: trombone (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
  • Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson: french horn (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
  • Don Waldrop: tuba (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
  • Bill Green: piccolo, flute, soprano saxophone (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
  • Alex Blake: bass (tracks 3, 6 & 7)
  • Charles Meeks: electric bass (tracks 1-2 & 4-5)

    • Songs

    1Island Lady5:52
    2Asfrantation Woogie3:13
    3Love Reborn5:13

    References

    The Way I Feel (Sonny Rollins album) Wikipedia
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