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Way Out West is a jazz essential, certainly as indispensable as its cover created by William Claxton. For Sonny Rollins, the album is a conglomerate of firsts. Recorded on March 7, 1957 in Los Angeles, the album is the first collaboration of Rollins with two other musical giants: Ray Brown on the bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Also for the first time, Rollins has not invited a piano player to his band and has begun exploring new, powerful solos with a simple rhythm section. His tenor saxophone’s sound is amazing and Brown and Manne are hardly reduced to simple stooges. The trio is working as one, subtle in its conversations and improvisations and powerful when the rhythms get tougher. When Way Out West came out a few years before the launching of Coltrane’s revolution, Sonny Rollins was the undisputed god of the sax kingdom.
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Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shelly Manne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1991 Contempory Records, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Rollins, MainArtist
℗ 1988 Fantasy, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Rollins, MainArtist - Eddie Delange, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Contempory Records, Inc.
Sonny Rollins, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Contempory Records, Inc.
Sonny Rollins, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Fantasy, Inc.
Sonny Rollins, MainArtist - William Hill, ComposerLyricist - Peter DeRose, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Contempory Records, Inc.
Marty Symes, ComposerLyricist - Isham Jones, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Rollins, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Contempory Records, Inc.
Andy Hummel, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Rollins, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Contempory Records, Inc.
Andy Hummel, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Rollins, MainArtist
℗ 1988 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Way Out West is a jazz essential, certainly as indispensable as its cover created by William Claxton. For Sonny Rollins, the album is a conglomerate of firsts. Recorded on March 7, 1957 in Los Angeles, the album is the first collaboration of Rollins with two other musical giants: Ray Brown on the bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Also for the first time, Rollins has not invited a piano player to his band and has begun exploring new, powerful solos with a simple rhythm section. His tenor saxophone’s sound is amazing and Brown and Manne are hardly reduced to simple stooges. The trio is working as one, subtle in its conversations and improvisations and powerful when the rhythms get tougher. When Way Out West came out a few years before the launching of Coltrane’s revolution, Sonny Rollins was the undisputed god of the sax kingdom.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:18
- Main artists: Sonny Rollins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: contemporary
- Genre: Jazz
© 1988 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1988 Fantasy, Inc.
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