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Sonny Rollins – The Bridge
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Artist……………: Sonny Rollins
Album…………….: The Bridge
Genre…………….: Jazz, hard.bop
Source……………: NMR
Year……………..: 1962
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The Bridge, 1962, was the first release of jazz giant Sonny Rollins following his unexpected early retirement in 1959 and his first recording for Bluebird/RCA Victor. The saxophonist was joined by the musicians with whom he would record for the next segment of his career: Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Ben Riley on drums.
History
In 1959, feeling pressured by the unexpected swiftness of his rise to fame, Rollins took a three-year hiatus to focus on perfecting his craft. A resident of the Lower East Side of Manhattan with no private space to practice, he took his saxophone up to the Williamsburg Bridge to practice alone: I would be up there 15 or 16 hours at a time spring, summer, fall and winter. His first recording after his return to performance took its name from those solo sessions. Critical reception to the album, which was not the revolutionary new jazz approach many expected, was mixed. Rollins, who had been considered groundbreaking in his thematic improvisations, was supplanted in critical buzz by the growing popularity of Ornette Coleman’s free jazz. However, if not a tremendous departure from Rollins’ earlier style, the album was nevertheless quite successful. Tagged by All Music as a near-classic, the recording was declared by Inkblot Magazine to be one of the greatest albums from one of jazz’s greatest musicians. It is one of the albums for which the long-active and prolific Rollins receives his greatest praise.
Personnel
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums (replaces Riley on “God Bless the Child”)
“God Bless the Child” recorded on January 30, 1962
“Where Are You?”, “John S.” and “You Do Something to Me” recorded on February 13,
“Without a Song” and “The Bridge” on February 14, 1962 in a New York City studio.
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Tracklisting
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1. Sonny Rollins – Without a Song [07:28]
2. Sonny Rollins – Where Are You [05:12]
3. Sonny Rollins – John S. [07:44]
4. Sonny Rollins – The Bridge [05:59]
5. Sonny Rollins – God Bless the Child [07:30]
6. Sonny Rollins – You Do Something to Me [06:56]
Playing Time………: 40:51
Total Size………..: 78.00 MB
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