Ballads

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I Can't Get Started (live)
4:35
2Poor Butterfly
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-04-14)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, United States (on 1957-04-14)
instrumental recording of:
Poor Butterfly (on 1957-04-14)
lyricist:
John L. Golden (in 1916)
composer:
John Raymond Hubbell (composer, co-founder of ASCAP) (in 1916)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
6:07
3Reflections
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, United States (on 1957-04-14)
recording of:
Reflections (on 1957-04-14)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
7:03
4Namely You
bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1957-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-09-22)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-09-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, United States (on 1957-09-22)
instrumental recording of:
Namely You (on 1957-09-22)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1956)
composer:
Gene de Paul (in 1956)
3:22
5How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
recorded in:
Hackensack, United States (on 1956-12-16)
bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
instrumental recording of:
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (from "Finian's Rainbow") (on 1956-12-16)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Glocca Morra Music Corp.
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
6:20
6Decision
recorded in:
Hackensack, United States (on 1956-12-16)
bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
8:02
7Softlay as in a Morning Sunrise (Evening) (live)
6:44

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Release

part of:The Best of Blue Note Records (2009 BibliotekaPolityki series) (number: 10) (order: 7)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7775979 [info]