Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album) explained

Freedom Suite
Type:Album
Artist:Sonny Rollins
Cover:Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album).jpg
Released:June 1958[1]
Recorded:February 11 & March 7, 1958
Studio:WOR Recording Studio
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:43
Label:Riverside
Jazzland (reissue)
Producer:Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
Prev Title:Sonny Rollins Plays
Prev Year:1958
Next Title:Sonny Side Up
Next Year:1959

Freedom Suite is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his last recorded for the Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Rollins is very creative, stretching out on his lengthy 'Freedom Suite,' clearly enjoying investigating the obscure Noël Coward melody 'Someday I'll Find You,' turning the show tune 'Till There Was You' into jazz, and finding beauty in 'Shadow Waltz' and 'Will You Still Be Mine?' A near masterpiece."

Track listing

  1. "The Freedom Suite" (Sonny Rollins) - 19:17
  2. "Someday I'll Find You" (Noël Coward) - 4:35
  3. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 2:54
  4. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) - 4:54
  5. "Till There Was You" [alternate take] (Willson) - 4:55 Bonus track on CD rerelease
  6. "Shadow Waltz" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:08

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard. June 30, 1958.
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#riverside-rlp-12-258 Sonny Rollins discography