Sonny Rollins, Volume 1

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	1957
Recorded	December 16, 1956 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz, Hard Bop
Length	41:00
Label	Blue Note BLP 1542
Producer	Alfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Boy (1956) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1957) Way Out West (1957)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, his first effort for the Blue Note label.^[4] The original LP record, Blue Note release BLP-1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. It was simply called "Sonny Rollins."

Track listing

All pieces by Rollins unless otherwise noted.

1. "Decision" - 8:03
2. "Bluesnote" - 7:01
3. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 6:20
4. "Plain Jane" - 10:00
5. "Sonnysphere" - 9:36

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
• Donald Byrd - trumpet
• Max Roach - drums
• Wynton Kelly - piano
• Gene Ramey - double bass

References

1. Down Beat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9
2. Allmusic review
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Stephen & Campbell, Al at allmusic