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  • Love at First Sight
  • No Problem
  • Reel Life
  • Sunny Days, Starry Nights
  • The Solo Album
  • G-Man
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Sonny Rollins/Thad Jones
  • Falling in Love with Jazz
  • Here's to the People
  • Old Flames
  • Sonny Rollins Plus 3
  • Global Warming
  • Jamey Aebersold Jazz: Sonny Rollins
  • This Is What I Do
  • Live in London
  • Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
  • Sonny, Please
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Release Date

July, 1972

Duration

43:04

Genre

Styles

Recording Location

  • Mercury Sound Studios, New York, NY
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Sonny Rollins first album after ending his six-year retirement is a particularly strong effort. The highpoint is a ten-minute version of "Skylark" that has a long unaccompanied section by the great tenor. Other memorable selections include "The Everywhere Calypso" and "Playing in the Yard." Rollins plays soprano on "Poinciana" and is heard using electronics (George Cables' electric piano) for the first time but this music is not all that different from what he was playing prior to his retirement.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
10:27 Amazon
2
Buddy Bernier / Nat Simon
Sonny Rollins
10:01 Amazon
3
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
7:57 Amazon
4
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
4:32 Amazon
5
Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer
Sonny Rollins
10:17 Amazon
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