Sonny Rollins on Impulse! explained

Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sonny Rollins
Cover:	Sonny Rollins on Impulse!.jpg
Released:	August 1965^[1]
Recorded:	July 8, 1965
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:17
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Prev Title:	There Will Never Be Another You
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Alfie
Next Year:	1965

Sonny Rollins on Impulse! is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Impulse! label, featuring performances by Rollins with Ray Bryant, Walter Booker and Mickey Roker.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This date is significant for the manner in which Rollins attacks five standards with a quartet.... Sonny Rollins on Impulse! feels as if it were a recording Rollins had to get out of his system. But thank goodness for us because it's a winner through and through."

Track listing

"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 7:10
"Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 11:14
"Hold 'Em Joe" (Harry Thomas) – 5:30
"The Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:44
"Three Little Words" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 6:56

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on July 8, 1965

Personnel

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Ray Bryant – piano Walter Booker – bass
Mickey Roker – drums

Notes and References

Web site: Billboard. August 7, 1965.
http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#impulse-a-91 Sonny Rollins discography