Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	August 1959
Recorded	October 20, 21 & 22, 1958
Studio	Contemporary Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz, hard bop, post-bop
Length	59:33
Label	Contemporary
Producer	Lester Koenig
Sonny Rollins chronology

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders is a 1959 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Contemporary label, featuring performances by Rollins with Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, and Shelly Manne with Victor Feldman added on one track.^[5] It was the last studio record Rollins made in the 1950s. Following the recording of "Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders", Rollins toured Europe in the spring of 1959, then took a hiatus from recording and performing in public that ended in 1962 with his LP The Bridge.^[6]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The last of the classic Sonny Rollins albums prior to his unexpected three-year retirement features the great tenor... on an unusual but inspired list of standards. Rollins creates explorative and often witty improvisations.... Great music."^[2]

Track listing

"I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:28
"Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) - 4:55
"How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 7:45
"You" (Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson) - 4:16
"I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) - 3:40
"I've Found a New Baby" [alternate take] (Palmer, Williams) - 4:25 bonus track on compact disc reissue
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:01
"In the Chapel in the Moonlight" (Billy Hill) - 6:41
"The Song Is You" (Hammerstein, Kern) - 5:44
"The Song Is You" [alternate take] (Hammerstein, Kern) - 6:11 bonus track on compact disc reissue

Personnel

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Hampton Hawes - piano except track 3
Barney Kessel - guitar
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Shelly Manne - drums except tracks 3 & 8
Victor Feldman - vibes on track 4

References

^ "Billboard". August 31, 1959.
^ ^a ^b ^c Yanow, Scott. "Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Sonny Rollins discography. Retrieved October 2, 2009
^ Sonny Rollins biography at AllMusic

[1] "Billboard". August 31, 1959.

[AM-2] Yanow, Scott. "Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Rollins_disco-5] Sonny Rollins discography. Retrieved October 2, 2009

[6] Sonny Rollins biography at AllMusic

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v t e Sonny Rollins
Discography
Studio albums	Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet Moving Out Work Time Sonny Rollins Plus 4 Tenor Madness Saxophone Colossus Rollins Plays for Bird Tour de Force Sonny Boy Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 Way Out West Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 The Sound of Sonny Freedom Suite Newk's Time Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders The Bridge What's New? Our Man in Jazz Sonny Meets Hawk! Now's the Time The Standard Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins on Impulse! Alfie East Broadway Run Down Next Album Horn Culture Nucleus The Way I Feel Easy Living Don't Ask Love at First Sight No Problem Reel Life Sunny Days, Starry Nights The Solo Album Dancing in the Dark Falling in Love with Jazz Here's to the People Old Flames Sonny Rollins + 3 Global Warming This Is What I Do Sonny, Please
Live albums	A Night at the "Village Vanguard" There Will Never Be Another You The Cutting Edge Don't Stop the Carnival G-Man Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert Road Shows, Vol. 1
Other albums	Sonny Side Up

v t e Hampton Hawes
Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
Sideman with others	Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947) Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973) Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955) Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957) Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952) Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957) Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975) The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952) Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952) Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976) Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958) So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)