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After The Bridge

After The Bridge cover
RecordedJan 20 & Jul 2, 1964
LabelRCA
Released1964
Personnel11 credited players
Discogsmaster 492241

The record

Recorded soon after Rollins ended his famous woodshedding sabbatical, this RCA date finds him easing back into the fray with Jim Hall's guitar as foil -- lean, searching, and unmistakably restless.

Session personnel

  • Bob Cranshaw — bass
  • David Izenzon — bass
  • Ron Carter — bass
  • Teddy Smith — bass
  • Thad Jones — cornet
  • Mickey Roker — drums
  • Roy McCurdy — drums
  • Stu Martin — drums
  • Jim Hall — guitar
  • Herbie Hancock — piano
  • Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1982RCA · RJL-2551~52 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1982RCA
1994RCA · BVCJ-8604~5 — CD, Album, Reissue
2014RCA · SICP 4192~3 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2023RCA · SICJ 30136-7 — CD, Album, Reissue, BSCD2

Follow the players

Bob Cranshaw also plays on

David Izenzon also plays on

Ron Carter also plays on

Teddy Smith also plays on