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Sonny Rollins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000YHI
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,584 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of His Best, June 24, 2005

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douglas mosher "[e-mail]" (Los Gatos, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Next Album (Audio CD)

I cannot believe that I am the first person to review this album by Sonny Rollins. The Next Album has to be one of his best of his entire career. I enjoy Rollins' earlier recordings from the fiftees and sixties, but this record to me is the mark of a creative and fully matured musician. This was Rollins' first album after his second break from the jazz world - after being distraught by coporate greed so I have heard.

The first track, "Playin' In the Yard" is one of the funkiest compositions I have ever heard him play. It's joyous and with Jack Dejohnette on druns, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and George Cables on the Fender Rhodes, it is assurred that Rollins' has the best support he could get. The feel of the composition is exactly how it's title suggests. Next is Rollins' soprano saxophone debut, "Poinciana." His tone is impeccable, crystal clear, soaring above the Rhodes, bass, and drums. This ranks among one of his best solos of his brilliant career. The third track, "The Everywhere Calypso" is a great calypso, like all calypso's by Rollins. Cables switches to acoustic piano on this track and for the other two tracks. "Keep Hold Of Yourself" is a great blues, with a hint of Coltrane in the chord voicings and melody, but as always, Sonny Rollins is his own man and solos like only Sonny Rollins. The last track is the tour de force - "Skylark". There is not much to say other than it is utterly amazing. Rollins' solo development is brilliant and his embellishment of the melody is also brilliant. His a capella solo cadenza at the close of the ballad lasts about three minutes and it is truly masterful.

If you like Sonny Rollins, get The Next Album because it does not get better than this. The quality of musicianship, soloing, and choice of compositions is at the highest level. Any jazz lover should have this in their collection, and any musician should study this in depth. Gary Giddins said it right when he gave the album five out of five stars in a Down Beat review by saying: "There's enough here to confirm that Sonny Rollins is the best saxophonist alive". He certainly is one of the best.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have and now I have it, October 3, 2009

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John R. Nielsen (Jackson, Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sonny Rollins' Next Album (MP3 Download)

My vinyl collection was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, so being able to download my favorite Sonny Rollins album brings me much joy. Any time I feel down or grouchy, I listen to "The Everywhere Calypso" and perk right up.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah Sonny!, July 21, 2009

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David M. Doyle (L.A Calif) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Next Album (Audio CD)

Like Sonny Rollins?
Buy this recording.
It will be one of the best jazz recordings you'll ever ever here,,,,
God Bless the tenor saxophone,,,
God Bless Coltrane,,,
Bless Dexter,,,
God Bless Gato,,,
God Bless Rashhan,,,
God Bless Sonny,,,
Go "Play It In The Yard"
Dave Doyle
Los Angeles,Ca