Our Man in Jazzis an album byjazzsaxophonistSonny Rollins,released byRCA Victorfeaturing July 1962 performances by Rollins withDon Cherry,Bob Cranshaw,andBilly Higgins.[5]These performances have been described as contrasting from Rollins' previous style by moving to "very long free-form fancies, swaggering and impetuous".[6]
| Our Man in Jazz | ||||
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| Live albumby | ||||
| Released | December 1962[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 27–30, 1962 February 20, 1963Bonus tracks | |||
| Venue | The Village Gate,New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | George Avakian,Bob Prince | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat (Original Lp release) |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| New Record Mirror | [4] |
The CD reissue supplements the original LP's three tracks with three tracks recorded in February of the following year, withHenry Grimesreplacing Cranshaw on bass. These recordings originally appeared on3 in Jazz(an LP also featuring performances byGary BurtonandClark Terry).
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
- "Oleo"– 25:26
- "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern,Johnny Mercer) – 8:17
- "Doxy"– 15:17
- "You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown,Arthur Freed) – 3:46Bonus track on CD rerelease
- "I Could Write a Book"(Lorenz Hart,Richard Rodgers) – 3:16Bonus track on CD rerelease
- "There Will Never Be Another You"(Mack Gordon,Harry Warren) – 5:43Bonus track on CD rerelease
- Recorded atThe Village GateinNew York Cityon July 27–30, 1962 (tracks 1–3) and February 20, 1963 (tracks 4–6)
Personnel
edit- Sonny Rollins–tenor saxophone
- Don Cherry–cornet
- Bob Cranshaw–bass
- Henry Grimes– bass (tracks 4–6)
- Billy Higgins–drums
References
edit- ^BillboardJanuary 12, 1963
- ^Down Beat:March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
- ^Cook, Richard;Morton, Brian(2008).The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings(9th ed.).Penguin.p. 1234.ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^Watson, Jimmy (1 June 1963)."Sonny Rollins:Our Man in Jazz"(PDF).New Record Mirror.No. 116. p. 10. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 24 April 2022.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^Sonny Rollins discographyaccessed 2 October 2009
- ^Litweiler, John (1984).The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958.Da Capo. p. 127.ISBN0-306-80377-1.