The Sound of Sonny

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Annotation

Recording Location:
NYC, USA
Recording Date:
#1, #4, #10: 1957/06/19
#2-#3, #5-#9: 1957/06/11&12
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins (ts), Sonny Clark (p), Percy Heath / Paul Chambers (b), Roy Haynes (d)
Additional:
The original edition contained only the nine first tracks.
There is an OJC-029 Vinyl release at an unknown date, and an OJC cassette release as well.
OJCCD-029-2 is sometimes indicated as released in 1987.
All the Japanese releases are 20bitK2 remasters, except VICJ-2130.
The VICJ-61XXX release is K2 HD mastered, possibly a limited edition.

Raw notes:
Jul 30, 1996
DCC Jazz
010963109221
24K Gold Disc

20bit K2 limited edition (red background sleeve)
RCD-241-2
2005/08/30
Amazon says B00005R8DC 2001/11/27

Riverside 2004 edition probably uses cat # RCD-241-2

Unconfirmed:
LP Gateway 7024
1994 CD Ace 0292

Release Date: 04/1999
Hallmark
EAN: 5030073113524
Catalogue Number: 311352

11/1998
EAN: 90204706228

Release Date: 20/11/2006
EAN: 25218602921
Catalogue Number: 1860292

Annotation last modified on 2007-04-19 15:08 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Last Time I Saw Paris
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-06-19)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Last Time I Saw Paris (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 14)
2:59
2Just in Time
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Percy Heath
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (, from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Just in Time (Bells Are Ringing) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Betty Comden (in 1956) and Adolph Green (in 1956)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1956)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Stratford Music Corporation and Warner/Chappell North America
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
3:59
3Toot, Toot, Tootsie
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
writer:
Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn and Dan Russo
publisher:
Salabert
4:24
4What Is There to Say
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-06-19)
piano:
Sonny Clark (on 1957-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-06-19)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
What Is There to Say? (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
BMG Songs, Next Decade Entertainment and T.B. Harms Co.
4:55
5Dearly Beloved
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Dearly Beloved (from “You Were Never Lovelier”) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:05
6Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (Seven Lively Arts musical revue) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:24
7Cutie
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
recording of:
Cutie (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
5:54
8It Could Happen to You
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
solo tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
It Could Happen to You (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Sony/ATV Harmony and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
sub-publisher:
Gehrmans Musikförlag, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
3:47
9Mangoes
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Percy Heath
double bass:
Percy Heath (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (, from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
piano:
Sonny Clark (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Mangos (from 1957-06-11 until 1957-06-12)
lyricist:
Sid Wayne
composer:
Dee Libbey
publisher:
Holly-Hill Music Publishing Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, フジパシフィックミュージック and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
5:33
10Funky Hotel Blues
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-06-19)
piano:
Sonny Clark (on 1957-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-06-19)
engineered at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-19)
recording of:
Funky Hotel Blues (on 1957-06-19)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
6:00