Our Man in Jazz explained

Our Man in Jazz
Type:	Live Album
Artist:	Sonny Rollins
Cover:	Our Man in Jazz.jpg
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
Prev Title:	What's New?
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Sonny Meets Hawk!
Next Year:	1963

Our Man in Jazz is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released by RCA Victor featuring July 1962 performances by Rollins with Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins.^[2] These performances have been described as contrasting from Rollins' previous style by moving to "very long free-form fancies, swaggering and impetuous".^[3]

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

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

"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

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Don Cherry – cornet
- Bob Cranshaw – bass Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 4–6)
Billy Higgins – drums

Notes and References

https://books.google.com/books?id=cgsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=sonny+rollins+our+man+in+jazz&pg=PA26 Billboard January 12, 1963
http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#rca-victor-lpm-2612 Sonny Rollins discography
Book: Litweiler, John . The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958 . Da Capo . 1984. 0-306-80377-1. 127.