Sonny Boy (album) explained

Sonny Boy
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sonny Rollins
Cover:	Sonny Boy (album).jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	October 5 and December 7, 1956
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:01
Label:	Prestige
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Prev Title:	Tour de Force
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
Next Year:	1957

Sonny Boy is a 1961 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins comprising four tracks from his final recordings for the Prestige label, three of which were originally released on Tour de Force, along with an unissued performance from the session that produced Rollins Plays for Bird.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow states: "Tour de Force is a more logical purchase, although the music on this CD does feature the immortal tenor saxophonist in fine form."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except where noted.

1. "Ee-Ah" – 6:52
2. "B. Quick" – 9:13
3. "B. Swift" – 5:15
4. "The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 9:21
5. "Sonny Boy" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson) – 8:22

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on October 5 (track 4) and December 7 (tracks 1-3 & 5), 1956

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Dorham – trumpet (backgrounds track 4)
• Kenny Drew (tracks 1-3 & 5), Wade Legge (track 4) – piano
• George Morrow – bass
• Max Roach – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7207 Sonny Rollins discography
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic review, accessed February 11, 2013.