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The names of the tunes are listed so I don't have to do it.
First, let's say a few words about Sonny Rollins & Jim Hall.
"Listening is still the key." - Jim Hall
Jim Hall's musical style has been in a state of continuous development throughout the course of his career - a career that to date has spanned more than five decades. But just as with advances in technology, medicine, and other fields, Jim's revolutionary twists and turns in this last decade have been swift. With each new concert tour and recording (nine new CDs since 1991) Jim reveals yet another facet of himself.

Not only is Jim Hall one of the jazz world's favorite guitarists, but also in recent years he has earned critical acclaim for his skills as a composer and arranger.

Rollins has become well-known for taking relatively banal or unconventional material (such as "There's No Business Like Show Business" on Work Time, "I'm an Old Cowhand", and later "Sweet Leilani" on the Grammy-winning CD This Is What I Do) and turning it into a vehicle for improvisation.

1957's Newk's Time saw him working with a piano again, in this case Wynton Kelly, but one of the most highly-regarded tracks is a saxophone/drum duet, "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" with Philly Joe Jones. Also that year he recorded for Blue Note with a star-studded line-up of JJ Johnson on trombone, Horace Silver or Thelonious Monk on piano and drummer Art Blakey (released as Sonny Rollins Volume 2)

If I had to name a favorite tune on this album, it would be "You Do Something to me"