Sonny Boy (album)

Sonny Boy
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	1961
Recorded	October 5 and December 7, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:01
Label	Prestige PR 7207
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Sonny Rollins chronology
Tour de Force (1956) Sonny Boy (1961) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1957)

Sonny Boy is a 1961 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins comprising four tracks from his final recordings for the Prestige label, three of which were originally released on Tour de Force , along with an unissued performance from the session that produced Rollins Plays for Bird . ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow states: "Tour de Force is a more logical purchase, although the music on this CD does feature the immortal tenor saxophonist in fine form." ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except where noted.

1. "Ee-Ah" – 6:52
2. "B. Quick" – 9:13
3. "B. Swift" – 5:15
4. "The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 9:21
5. "Sonny Boy" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson) – 8:22

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on October 5 (track 4) and December 7 (tracks 1–3 & 5), 1956

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Dorham – trumpet (backgrounds track 4)
• Kenny Drew (tracks 1–3 & 5), Wade Legge (track 4) – piano
• George Morrow – bass
• Max Roach – drums

References

1. Sonny Rollins discography, accessed February 11, 2013.
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic review, accessed February 11, 2013.
3. Down Beat: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 602.