Sonny Rollins on Impulse!

Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	August 1965 [1]
Recorded	July 8, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:17
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Sonny Rollins chronology
There Will Never Be Another You (1965) Sonny Rollins on Impulse! (1965) Alfie (1966)

Sonny Rollins on Impulse! is a 1965 studio album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Impulse! label, featuring performances by Rollins with Ray Bryant, Walter Booker and Mickey Roker. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]
DownBeat	[6]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This date is significant for the manner in which Rollins attacks five standards with a quartet.... Sonny Rollins on Impulse! feels as if it were a recording Rollins had to get out of his system. But thank goodness for us because it's a winner through and through." ^[3]

Track listing

1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 7:10
2. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 11:14
3. "Hold 'Em Joe" (Harry Thomas) – 5:30
4. "The Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:44
5. "Three Little Words" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 6:56

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on July 8, 1965

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Ray Bryant – piano
• Walter Booker – bass
• Mickey Roker – drums

References

1. "Billboard". August 7, 1965.
2. Sonny Rollins discography, jazzdisco.org. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
3. Jurek, Thom. "Sonny Rollins on Impulse! > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. DownBeat magazine, November 4, 1965, p. 31.