Sonny Rollins • The Sound Of Sonny

 

 

Review by Lindsay Planer
A new phase in Sonny Rollins' career began in 1957. He started what was at the time an almost blasphemous trend of recording for a number of different labels. His pioneering spirit yielded a few genre-defining albums, including this disc. His performances were also at a peak during 1957 as Down Beat magazine proclaimed him the Critics' Poll winner under the category of "New Star" of the tenor saxophone. This newfound freedom can be heard throughout the innovations on The Sound of Sonny. Not only are Rollins' fluid solos reaching newly obtained zeniths of melodic brilliance, but he has also begun experimenting with alterations in the personnel from tune to tune. Most evident on this platter is "The Last Time I Saw Paris" -- which is piano-less -- and most stunning of all is Rollins' unaccompanied tenor solo performance on "It Could Happen to You." Indeed, this rendering of the Jimmy Van Heusen standard is the highlight of the disc. That isn't to say that the interaction between Sonny Clark (piano), Roy Haynes (drums), and bassists Percy Heath and Paul Chambers -- who is featured on "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and "What Is There to Say" -- is not top-shelf. Arguably, it is Rollins and Heath -- the latter, incidentally, makes his East Coast debut on this album -- who set the ambience for The Sound of Sonny. There is an instinctually pervasive nature as they weave into and back out of each others' melody lines, only to emerge with a solo that liberates the structure of the mostly pop standards. This is a key component in understanding the multiplicities beginning to surface in Rollins' highly underappreciated smooth bop style.
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Reseña de Lindsay Planer
Una nueva etapa en la carrera de Sonny Rollins comenzó en 1957. Comenzó lo que en ese momento era una tendencia casi blasfema de grabar para varios sellos diferentes. Su espíritu pionero produjo algunos álbumes que definieron el género, incluido este disco. Sus actuaciones también alcanzaron su punto máximo durante 1957 cuando la revista Down Beat lo proclamó ganador de la Encuesta de la Crítica en la categoría de "Nueva estrella" del saxofón tenor. Esta nueva libertad se puede escuchar a lo largo de las innovaciones en el Sonido de Sonny. Los solos fluidos de Rollins no solo alcanzan cénitos de brillantez melódica recién obtenidos, sino que también ha comenzado a experimentar con alteraciones en el personal de una melodía a otra. Lo más evidente en este plato es "The Last Time I Saw Paris", que no tiene piano , y lo más sorprendente de todo es la interpretación solista de tenor sin acompañamiento de Rollins en " It Could Happen to You."De hecho, esta interpretación del estándar de Jimmy Van Heusen es lo más destacado del disco. Eso no quiere decir que la interacción entre Sonny Clark (piano), Roy Haynes (batería) y los bajistas Percy Heath y Paul Chambers, que aparece en "The Last Time I Saw Paris" y "What Is There to Say", no sea de primera categoría. Podría decirse que fueron Rollins y Heath, este último, por cierto, hace su debut en la Costa Este en este álbum, quienes crearon el ambiente para El Sonido de Sonny. Hay una naturaleza instintivamente penetrante a medida que se entrelazan dentro y fuera de las líneas melódicas de los demás, solo para emerger con un solo que libera la estructura de los estándares en su mayoría pop. Este es un componente clave para comprender las multiplicidades que comienzan a surgir en el estilo smooth bop altamente subestimado de Rollins.
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Tracks:
1 - The Last Time I Saw Paris
Written-By – Hammerstein-Kern

2 - Just In Time
Written-By – Green, Comden, Styne

3 - Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye)
Written-By – Erdman, Kahn, King, Fiorito

4 - What Is There To Say?
Written-By – Harburg, Duke

5 - Dearly Beloved
Written-By – Kern, Mercer

6 - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Written-By – Cole Porter

7 - Cutie
Written-By – Sonny Rollins

8 - It Could Happen To You
Written-By – Burke-Van Heusen

9 - Mangoes
Written-By – Libbey, Wayne

10 - Funky Hotel Blues
Written-By – Rollins


Credits:
    Bass – Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 1, 4, 10), Percy Heath (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9)
    Design [Cover] – Paul Bacon (2)
    Drums – Roy Haynes (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 10)
    Engineer – Jack Higgins
    Photography By [Cover] – Paul Weller (3)
    Piano – Sonny Clark (tracks: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
    Producer, Liner Notes [Notes Written By] – Orrin Keepnews
    Remastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Joe Tarantino
    Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins

Note:
Recorded in New York; June 11, 12 (#2, 3, 5-9) and 19 (#1, 4, 10), 1957.
Digitally remastered directly from the original analog master tapes (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA).
Track 10 Additional track not on original LP release.

Label:    Original Jazz Classics – OJCCD-029-2, Riverside Records – RLP-241
Country:    Europe
Released:    1987
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Bop, Hard Bop
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