Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders
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Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins [click here to see more vinyl featuring Sonny Rollins]
Drums – Shelly Manne [click here to see more vinyl featuring Shelly Manne]
Bass – Leroy Vinnegar
Guitar – Barney Kessel
Piano – Hampton Hawes (except A3)
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman (B1)
Written by Oscar Hammerstein II (A1, B4), Jerome Kern (A1, B4), Sam M. Lewis (A2), Jean Schwartz (A2), Joe Young (A2), Nancy Hamilton (A3), Morgan Lewis (A3), Harold Adamson (A4), Walter Donaldson (A4), Jack Palmer (B1), Spencer Williams (B1), Howard Dietz (B2), Arthur Schwartz (B2), Billy Hill (B3)
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press: Record Technology Incorporated (RTI)
Label : Contemporary Records - Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Contemporary Records
Recorded October 20, 1958 - October 22, 1958 at Contemporary Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Roy DuNann
Original session produced by Lester Koenig
Mastered by Bernie Grudman
Reissue produced by Chad Kassem
Design by Guidi
Photography by William Claxton
Liner Notes by Lester Koenig
Originally released in August 1959
Reissued in 2025
Tracks :
Side A:
1. I've Told Every Little Star
2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
3. How High The Moon
4. You
Side B:
1. I've Found A New Baby
2. Alone Together
3. In The Chapel In The Moonlight
4. The Song Is You
Reviews :
“The last of the classic Sonny Rollins albums prior to his unexpected three-year retirement features the great tenor with pianist Hampton Hawes, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Shelly Manne (all bandleaders for Contemporary Records during this era) on an unusual but inspired list of standards. Rollins creates explorative and often witty improvisations on such songs as "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody," "You," "In the Chapel in the Moonlight," and roaring versions of "I've Found a New Baby" and "The Song Is You." Great music.” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow.
This was Sonny’s second Contemporary album and his second West Coast session, a year and a half after the historic Way Out West. Jazz labels acquire "personalities" not only from the musical tastes of the owner/recording director but also from the roster of musicians signed to the company. The "Contemporary Sound"–every bit as distinctive as the competing "Blue Note Sound," "Prestige Sound," and "Pacific Jazz Sound"–was largely a product of the work by Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, and Shelly Manne, all of whom had won Down Beat awards for their respective instruments and recorded as "The Poll Winners."
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.6 / 5