Album · 1959
The Sound of Sonny
The Sound of Sonny is a 1959 jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It runs 10 tracks across 44 minutes.
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- 10
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- 44 min
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- 136 bpm
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- A# major
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10 tracks · 44 min
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The Sound of Sonny is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first recorded for the Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Sonny Clark, Roy Haynes and Percy Heath or Paul Chambers. Allmusic 4.5/5 stars The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4/5 stars The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer states: "A new phase in Sonny Rollins' career began in 1957. He started what was at the time an almost blasphemous trend of recording for a number of different labels. His pioneering spirit yielded a few genre-defining albums, including this disc. His performances were also at a peak during 1957 as Down Beat magazine proclaimed him the Critics' Poll winner under the category of 'New Star' of the tenor saxophone. This newfound freedom can be heard throughout the innovations on The Sound of Sonny. Not only are Rollins' fluid solos reaching newly obtained zeniths of melodic brilliance, but he has also begun experimenting with alterations in the personnel from tune to tune."
In brief
- When was The Sound of Sonny released?
- The Sound of Sonny was released in 1959.
- How many tracks are on The Sound of Sonny?
- The Sound of Sonny has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 44 minutes.
- What genre is The Sound of Sonny?
- The Sound of Sonny is catalogued under Jazz.
- What BPM is The Sound of Sonny?
- The Sound of Sonny runs at a median tempo of 136 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to The Sound of Sonny?
- Listeners of The Sound of Sonny also rate Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, Things Are Getting Better by Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley by Cannonball Adderley.