Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released 1957
Recorded April 14, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz, hard bop
Length 40:52
Label Blue Note
BLP 1558
Producer Alfred Lion
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, released in 1957 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BLP 1558. Among other things, it is noted for the appearance of pianists Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, both playing on the Monk composition "Misterioso". Monk also plays on his composition "Reflections", while Silver handles the piano duties on all the other tracks.

It was reissued in 1999 by as part of its Rudy Van Gelder series, remastering done by the audio engineer, also present on the original recording sessions.

British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson paid homage to the album when he mimicked the sleeve for his 1984 album Body and Soul.[3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Why Don't I?" (Rollins) – 5:44
  2. "Wail March" (Rollins) – 6:11
  3. "Misterioso" (Monk, Denzil Best) – 9:24

Side two

  1. "Reflections" (Monk) – 7:03
  2. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn) – 6:24
  3. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 6:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ "Joe Jackson got to me, Body and Soul". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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