Rvg/newk's Time (1957) (Reissued/Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Blue Note UPC: 00724359083322 Release Date: 3/23/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60628830 Item#: M46SWV Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title 1. Tune Up 2. Asiatic Raes 3. Wonderful Wonderful 4. Surrey With The Fringe On Top, The 5. Blues For Philly Joe 6. Namely You ~ (bonus track)   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Philly Joe Jones (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on September 22, 1957. Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Bob Blumenthal. This is part of Blue Note's RVG series. Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Doug Watkins (bass instrument); Philly Joe Jones (drums). Recording information: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey (1957). The mid-'50s Blue Note date NEWK'S TIME is a shining star in the Sonny Rollins catalog. The title is derived from Rollins' nickname "Newk," so-called because of his resemblance to baseball player Don Newcomb. It is Rollins' fierce strength as an improviser, along with his assembled quartet of stellar guests, which makes this session so special. Still in his 20s, the saxophonist displays relentless imagination and fire in lengthy solos on standards like Miles Davis' "Tune Up" and Kenny Dorham's rhythmically challenging "Asiatic Raes." Rollins also continues his penchant for reinterpreting popular tunes, with a delightful reading of "Wonderful, Wonderful!" and "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" on which he and Philly Joe Jones play a masterful sax/drums duet. Rollins' only composition on the disc is his swinging "Blues For Philly Joe" in honor of the legendary drummer who displays his signature style here. Finally, a lightly swinging stroll through Johnny Mercer's "Namely You" puts the finishing touch on a hard-bop classic. Producer: Alfred Lion Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder Musical Guests Wynton Kelly Doug Watkins Philly Joe Jones   Compilation Appearances Milstone Jazzstars In Concert Working Girl Jazz Greatest Hits Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbo Priceless Jazz Sampler Riverside Records Story Live At Carlos I Prestige Records Story Play Duke Ellington-Caravans Night Out With Verve Ken Burns Jazz-Story Of America Ken Burns Jazz Nea Jazz Masters Contemporary Records Story It's De Lovely: Authentic Cole Porter Collection Jazz Bar Vol 2 Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration Basquiat's Journey Through Jazz Prestige Profiles Prestige Profiles Prestige Profiles New York For Lovers 1105 House That Trane Built: Story of Impulse Records Milestone Profile (Bonus Cd) Milestone Profile (Bonus Cd) At Music Inn Vol 2 Cafe Jazz Roy Haynes:jazz Roy Haynes:jazz Collector's Items Very Best Of Prestige (Prestige 60Th   Associated Artists and Works Blakey, Art Complete Studio Recordings ~ Brooks, Hadda Brown, Clifford Complete Studio Recordings ~ Brown, Clifford Burton, Gary Cherry, Don (Jazz) Dig ~ Davis, Miles Davis, Miles Davis, Miles Davis, Miles Davis, Miles The Classic Prestige Sessions, 1951-1956 ~ Davis, Miles Gabel, Denis Duets ~ Gillespie, Dizzy Sonny Side Up ~ Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy Hawkins, Coleman That's Him ~ Lincoln, Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Modern Jazz Quartet Modern Jazz Quartet Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins [Remaster] ~ Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Plus Four ~ Roach, Max Roach, Max Roach, Max   Technical Info Release Date : 03/23/2004 Original Release Date : 1957 Catalog ID : 90833 Label : Blue Note Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724359083322   Professional Reviews Q (p.141) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[H]e effervescently powers through a chestnut-heavy set..."