Old Flames Explained

Old Flames
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sonny Rollins
Cover:	Old Flames (Sonny Rollins) coverart.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	July–August 1993
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:17
Label:	Milestone
Producer:	Sonny Rollins
Prev Title:	Here's to the People
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Sonny Rollins + 3
Next Year:	1995

Old Flames is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1993, featuring performances by Rollins with Clifton Anderson, Tommy Flanagan, Bob Cranshaw and Jack DeJohnette with Jon Faddis, Byron Stripling, Alex Brofsky and Bob Stewart added on two tracks which were arranged by Jimmy Heath.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "Comfortable and occasionally passionate music by one of the classic tenor-saxophonists".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:56
2. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:09
3. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 7:15
4. "Times Slimes" – 6:58
5. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 9:41
6. "Delia" (Franz Lehár) – 9:48
7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 7:18

• Recorded in NY on July–August, 1993

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
• Clifton Anderson - trombone
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
• Jack DeJohnette - drums
• Jon Faddis, Byron Stripling - flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 7)
• Alex Brofsky - French horn (tracks 1 & 7)
• Bob Stewart - tuba (tracks 1 & 7)
• Jimmy Heath - arranger, conductor (tracks 1 & 7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#milestone-mcd-9215-2 Sonny Rollins discography