Alfie (Sonny Rollins album)

Alfie
Soundtrack album by Sonny Rollins
Released 1966
Recorded January 26, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length 32:50
Label Impulse!
Producer Bob Thiele
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
(1965)		 Alfie
(1966)		 East Broadway Run Down
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Alfie is a 1966 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins of music composed for the film of the same name.

It features performances by Rollins, with Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson and Roger Kellaway, arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.[3] The original film was made in London, England and features Rollins with British musicians, including pianist Stan Tracey, who are not heard on this album.

The album reached #17 on the R&B Billboard chart.[4] In the UK the album was originally released in 1966 under the title Sonny Plays Alfie on the HMV label (CLP 3529) before resurfacing in 1966 as Alfie on the jazz-based Impulse! label, as in the United States.

Burt Bacharach was commissioned to write the title song, Alfie, a hit in the UK for Cilla Black, which was used over the closing titles. In the US release of the film, a recording by Cher was substituted. Bacharach and Hal David received an Oscar nomination for the song.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins.

  1. "Alfie's Theme" – 9:41
  2. "He's Younger Than You Are" – 5:09
  3. "Street Runner with Child" – 3:59
  4. "Transition Theme for Minor Blues or Little Malcolm Loves His Dad" – 5:49
  5. "On Impulse" – 4:28
  6. "Alfie's Theme Differently" – 3:44
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 26, 1966

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ vervemusicgroup.com Alfie by Sonny Rollins
  4. ↑ Allmusic charts
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