The Blue Note Recordings

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
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1Decision
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
8:04
2Bluesnote
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
7:03
3How Are Things in Glocca Morra
recording of:
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (from "Finian's Rainbow")
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Glocca Morra Music Corp.
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
10:00
4Plain Jane
9:39
5Sonnysphere
6:18
2CD
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1Why Don't I
5:45
2Wail March
6:11
3Misterioso
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-14) and Horace Silver (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-04-14)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-04-14)
recording of:
Misterioso (on 1957-04-14)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
9:24
4Reflections
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-04-14)
recording of:
Reflections (on 1957-04-14)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
7:03
5You Stepped Out of a Dream
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-04-14)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-04-14)
instrumental cover recording of:
You Stepped Out of a Dream (Ziegfeld Girl, 1941 film) (on 1957-04-14)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
part of:
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
6:24
6Poor Butterfly
6:06
3CD
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1Tune Up
5:42
2Asiatic Raes
5:55
3Wonderful! Wonderful!
5:55
4The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
6:30
5Blues for Philly Joe
6:39
6Namely You
3:17
4CD
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1A Night in Tunisia (Afternoon take)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Donald Bailey (jazz bassist from Baltimore) (on 1957-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Pete La Roca (on 1957-11-03)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-11-03)
recorded at:
Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-11-03)
live recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1957-11-03)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1957-11-03)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
7:35
2I've Got You Under My Skin
9:48
3A Night in Tunisia (Evening take)
double bass [bass]:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1957-11-03)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-11-03)
recorded at:
Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-11-03)
live recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1957-11-03)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
8:52
4Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
6:37
5Four
8:27
6Woody'n You
8:16
7Old Devil Moon
7:30
5CD
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1What Is This Thing Called Love
13:25
2Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Take 2)
7:30
3Sonnymoon for Two
7:30
4I Can't Get Started
4:00
5I'll Remember April
8:35
6Get Happy
8:43
7Strivers Row
6:50
8All the Things You Are
6:32
9Get Happy (Short version)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1957-11-03)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-11-03)
recorded at:
Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-11-03)
live instrumental recording of:
Get Happy (on 1957-11-03)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
4:32