Our Man in Jazz is a live album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released by RCA Victor featuring July 1962 performances by Rollins with Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins.[5] These performances have been described as contrasting from Rollins' previous style by moving to "very long free-form fancies, swaggering and impetuous".[6]
| Our Man in Jazz | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | December 1962[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 27–30, 1962 February 20, 1963 (bonus tracks) | |||
| Venue | The Village Gate, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | George Avakian, Bob Prince | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| DownBeat (Original Lp release) |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| New Record Mirror | [4] |
The CD reissue supplements the original LP's three tracks with three tracks recorded in February of the following year, with Henry Grimes replacing Cranshaw on bass. These recordings originally appeared on 3 in Jazz (an LP also featuring performances by Gary Burton and Clark Terry).
Track listing
editAll compositions by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.
- "Oleo" – 25:26
- "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 8:17
- "Doxy" – 15:17
- "You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:46 Bonus track on CD rerelease
- "I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:16 Bonus track on CD rerelease
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:43 Bonus track on CD rerelease
- Recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 (tracks 1–3) and February 20, 1963 (tracks 4–6)
Personnel
edit- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Don Cherry – cornet
- Bob Cranshaw – bass
- Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 4–6)
- Billy Higgins – drums
References
edit- ↑ Billboard, January 12, 1963.
- ↑ "Sonny Rollins". DownBeat. Vol. 30, no. 8. March 28, 1963.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ↑ Watson, Jimmy (June 1, 1963). "Sonny Rollins: Our Man in Jazz" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 116. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ↑ "Sonny Rollins Discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
- ↑ Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. p. 127. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.