Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Sound Of Sonny
| Recorded | Jun 11-19, 1957 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 174524 |
The record
Sonny Clark's comping and a rotating bass chair between Chambers and Heath keep this 1957 date loose, cut in the same fertile stretch as his Riverside work. Rollins sounds playful and probing across standards and originals alike.
Session personnel
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Percy Heath — bass
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Sonny Clark — 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
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 62 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| — | Analogue Productions · AJAZ 241 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 180g Analogue Productions |
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Microgroove, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1959 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Microgroove · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RT 7-18 BN — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Microgroove · laminated sleeve |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Microgroove |
| 1962 | Riverside Records · R-5007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1976 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6139(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1977 | Gateway Records · GSLP 7024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo |
| 1977 | Gateway Records · GSLP5-7024 — Cassette, Compilation, Stereo |
| 1980 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-241 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1981 | Cinevox Record · WW 7009 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation |
Follow the players
Paul Chambers also plays on
Percy Heath also plays on
Roy Haynes also plays on