Next Album

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Next Album
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Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
ReleasedNovember 1972 [1]
RecordedJuly 14 & 27 1972
Genre Jazz
Length43:04
Label Milestone
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Sonny Rollins chronology
East Broadway Run Down
(1966)		Next Album
(1972)		 Horn Culture
(1973)

Next Album is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Milestone label, featuring performances by Rollins with George Cables, Jack DeJohnette, Bob Cranshaw and Arthur Jenkins. [2] The cover photography was credited to Chuck Stewart.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Sonny Rollins first album after ending his six-year retirement is a particularly strong effort. The highpoint is a ten-minute version of 'Skylark' that has a long unaccompanied section by the great tenor." [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
  1. "Playin' in the Yard" – 10:25
  2. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 9:58
  3. "The Everywhere Calypso" – 7:54
  4. "Keep Hold of Yourself" – 4:30
  5. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 10:17
  • Recorded at Mercury Sound Studios, NYC, July 14 (tracks 1 and 3) and 27 (tracks 2 and 4–6), 1972

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". November 11, 1972.
  2. ↑ Sonny Rollins discography accessed 30 September 2009
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Next Album > 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.
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