Global Warming (Sonny Rollins album) explained

Global Warming
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sonny Rollins
Cover:	Global Warming (album).jpg
Released:	1998
Recorded:	January 7 & February 28, 1998
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:01
Label:	Milestone
Producer:	Sonny Rollins
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Global Warming is an album by the jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1998. It contains performances by Rollins with Stephen Scott, Bob Cranshaw, Idris Muhammad, Clifton Anderson, Victor See Yuen and Perry Wilson.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Cub Koda states: "Rollins' blowing is impassioned throughout and the surroundings are nice and intimate, making this a very inspired set."

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Island Lady" - 9:07
2. "Echo-Side Blue" - 7:15
3. "Global Warming" - 6:30
4. "Mother Nature's Blues" - 11:26
5. "Change Partners" (Irving Berlin) - 8:36
6. "Clear-Cut Boogie" - 7:07

• Recorded in NY on January 7 (tracks 2, 4 & 5) and February 28 (tracks 1, 3 & 6), 1998

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
• Stephen Scott - piano, kalimba
• Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
• Idris Muhammad - drums (tracks 2, 4 & 5)
• Clifton Anderson - trombone (tracks 1, 3 & 6)
• Perry Wilson - drums (tracks 1, 3 & 6)
• Victor See Yuen - percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#milestone-mcd-9280-2 Sonny Rollins discography