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SONNY ROLLINS

THE BRIDGE (LP) (LTD)
Label JAZZ IMAGES
Catalog 37060
Format LP
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-12-28
Description
・ LIMITED EDITION
・ 180 gram Pure Virgin Vinyl LPs in Gatefold Packaging.
・ Cover Art by Jean-Pierre Leloir.
The Bridge marked Sonny Rollins’ first album after his three-year long self-imposed musical exile. Living on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, he was often spotted on the nearby Williamsburg Bridge at night, deep in a rigorous practice session. “In 1959 I had a lot of acclaim”, explained the saxophonist, “but I wanted to improve my playing. It was that simple. I wanted to get better. I didn’t feel I was playing well enough; not as well as I wanted. So I stopped playing live for audiences. I stopped recording. And this is the, I guess, famous story that people know about me –you know The Bridge”. The album that represented Rollins’ comeback was all recorded in a piano-less quartet format, with Jim Hall on guitar, plus Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Ben Riley on drums (replaced by Harry T. Saunders on just one track).

SONNY ROLLINS tenor saxophone; JIM HALL guitar; BOB CRANSHAW bass; BEN RILEY drums; HARRY T. SAUNDERS drums (replaces Riley on B2 only)
New York January 30 (B2) February 13 (A2 A3 B3) & February 14 (A1 B1) 1962.
Original sessions produced by Bob Prince.
tracklisting
SIDE A:
1. WITHOUT A SONG (Edward Eliscu-Billy Rose-Vincent Youmans)
2. WHERE ARE YOU? (Harold Adamson-Jimmy McHugh)
3. JOHN S. (Sonny Rollins)
SIDE B:
1. THE BRIDGE (Sonny Rollins)
2. GOD BLESS THE CHILD (Billie Holiday-Arthur Herzog Jr.)
3. YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME (Cole Porter)
 

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