This Is What I Do (Sonny Rollins album)

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This Is What I Do
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Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
Released2000
RecordedMay 8, 9 & July 29, 2000
StudioClinton Recording Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz, hard bop, straight-ahead jazz
Length48:19
Label Milestone
Producer Sonny Rollins, Lucille Rollins
Sonny Rollins chronology
Global Warming
(1998)		This Is What I Do
(2000)		 Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
(2002)
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This Is What I Do is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 2000, featuring performances by Rollins with Clifton Anderson, Stephen Scott, Bob Cranshaw, Jack DeJohnette and Perry Wilson. [3]

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Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson states: "This Is What I Do falls short of essential, but it offers some nice surprises and is a rewarding addition to Rollins' huge catalog." [4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a maximum four-star rating and classified it as part of its core collection, stating: "This Is What I Do is unmistakable, and great Sonny Rollins." [2] The album won a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except where noted.

  1. "Salvador" – 7:55
  2. "Sweet Leilani" (Harry Owens) – 7:01
  3. "Did You See Harold Vick?" – 9:19
  4. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 8:06
  5. "Charles M." – 10:19
  6. "Moon of Manakoora" (Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman) – 5:44

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. ↑ AllMusic Review
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1235-1236. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ Sonny Rollins discography, accessed September 21, 2009.
  4. ↑ Henderson, Alex Allmusic review, accessed September 21, 2009.
  5. ↑ Grammy Past Winners, accessed April 2, 2013.
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