Alfie [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Sonny Rollins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B000003N9Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,282 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best, December 13, 2009

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M. Bernstein "giant rider" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfie (Audio CD)

I can't tell you how many times I punch up Alfie on my iPod. Sometimes it seems to go - somewhere and I have to find the CD and reinstall the blasted thing. In short I love this. I thought the original movie was great, never having bothered to see the remake.

Not mentioned or overlooked in the excellent reviews is the fact that Sonny wrote the score for Alfie. Truly a great piece of work.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sonny's only movie soundtrack, September 20, 2008

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Dennis W. Wong - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfie (Audio CD)

It's a pity that after listening to this soundtrack album by Sonny Rollins that he wasn't given any more movie assignments. The big band led by Oliver Nelson is a who's who of the jazz world such as J.J. Johnson, Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion, Roger Kellaway, Jerome Richardson, etc. The film itself is a classic of its period later remade in a less satisfying film with Jude Law in the lead in lieu of Michael Caine who was superb. My only complaint of the album is that it is very short, like just over 30 minutes but the music is fabulous and this score along with Herbie Hancock's "Blow-Up" demonstrated that jazz provided great music for the movies.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what's it all about? sonny., May 26, 2007

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Case Quarter (CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfie (Audio CD)

undoubtably one of the recordings i would want with me on a desert isle or any other place of exile. the 60s, jazz orchestras as soundtracks did not do this music or any other music justice, unless it got the movieviewer to the record shop. the music on vinyl was...well, 60s orchestra, maybe dated, though i rather say fixed in time as what jazz orchestration was, and one of the most popular jazz orchestra leaders was oliver nelson. on alfie his orchestra accompanies the tenor of sonny rollins. you have to keep in mind a concerto to appreciate what's going on between rollins and the orchestra. rollins masterfully holds his own, his sound as grand as the orchestra.

i've commented much on the orchestra because if anyone has a reservation about this recording it would be about the orchestration taking space away from sonny rollins' playing. and it doesn't. sonny rollins here is just brilliant, and the compositions on the recording open a new vista to the film.