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Sonny Rollins, Volume 1

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Sonny Rollins
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1957[1]
RecordedDecember 16, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreHard bop
Length41:00
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1542
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Boy
(1956)
Sonny Rollins
(1957)
Way Out West
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Sonny Rollins, also known as Sonny Rollins, Volume 1, is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded on December 16, 1956 and released on Blue Note the following year.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Rollins, except as noted.

Side 1

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  1. "Decision" – 8:03
  2. "Bluesnote" – 7:01
  3. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 6:20

Side 2

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  1. "Plain Jane" – 10:00
  2. "Sonnysphere" – 9:36

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Billboard". March 30, 1957.
  2. ^ DownBeat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1232. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Cook, Stephen & Campbell, Al at allmusic