Worktime

Sonny Rollins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Y08
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,875 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

"I was the engineer on the recording session and I also made the masters for the original LP issue of this album. Since the advent of the CD, other people have been making the masters. Mastering is the final step in the process of creating the sound of the finished product. Now, thanks to the folks at the Concord Music Group who have given me the opportunity to remaster these albums, I can present my version of the music on CD using modern technology. I remember the session well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks. Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger." -- Rudy Van Gelder

Product Description

Digitally remastered using K2 bit technology, this is a Japanese reissue of the great sax player's 1955 album for the Prestige label in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only. 'Work Time' features five tracks & received four out of --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sonny Goes to Work on "Work Time", August 24, 2000

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worktime (Audio CD)

Sonny Rollins and company don't waste any time going to work on the classic "Work Time." The all-star band of Ray Bryant, George Morrow and the incomparable Max Roach punch-in quickly with the blazing "There's No Business Like Show Business." The telepathic interplay between Sonny and Roach is a trademark of this album, and it's particularly evident on the album's next two tracks, "Paradox" and "Raincheck." A lovely ballad, "There Are Such Things," is the fourth track, and the band clocks-out at 5 much the way they began with the break-neck swing pace of "It's All Right With Me." If only I could have this much fun at work.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worktime, February 19, 2005

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Chris Covais - See all my reviews

This review is from: Worktime (Audio CD)

Sonny Rollins, Worktime, a very underrated album. It opens up with There's No Buisness Like Show Buisness. Every time I play it, my father gets drawn to it, and if in a trance, comes to my record player.

Parodox, a latin like swing, is great. Raincheck, nice melodies, nice grooves. Some other nice ballads. This is a wonderful piece of work by Newk in early 1955, fresh out of the Cliff Brown, Max Roach Quintet, and done with of a drug addiction.

Newk was always at his best in every setting, but I feel this one captures him rather, more inspired than usual. Maybe it's because it was just another record date, and no pressure. The ideas just came puring out of his horn without effort. And the result was magical!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Work Time Works Just Fine For Me, January 2, 2007

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C. CRADDOCK "Cr@$#!!!!" (Bakersfield) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worktime (Audio CD)

I got this record on vinyl from a friend whose dad, a jazz pianist, left it behind when he skedaddled. Good thing he left this, because I discovered it was a rare gem. It starts with a brisk rendition of Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business, that cooks, swings, and manages to be earnest and humorous simultaneously. Rollins is really working here, and he wants you to be entertained.

Then he does three original tunes, Raincheck, Paradox, and There Are Such Things, each one a classic well composed tune that could be a standard, if perhaps someone would write lyrics for it.

He finishes as he begins, with a show tune, this one Cole Porter's It's All Right With Me from Can Can. Sonny really loves well written tunes, and this one is one of Cole Porter's wellest written. He does it justice with his nimble rhythm, his robust sound, and his unbridled musicallity.

Only five tunes on this record, but each one a jewel, and on each one Mr. Rollins really gets down to business. Work Time.