Newk's Time
| Newk's Time | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | Mid-March 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 22, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Bop Hard bop | |||
| Length | 34:14 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84001 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Newk's Time is an album by Sonny Rollins. It was his third album for Blue Note Records, recorded in 1957 and released in 1959. The title of the album is a reference to Rollins' nickname "Newk", which is apparently based on his resemblance to Don Newcombe, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.[6] "Namely You" was taken from the Broadway show Li'l Abner. The release marked the beginning of Blue Note 4000 series: from this album on, the releases would be catalogued as "BLP 4..." (mono) and "BST 84..." (stereo).
Rollins' version of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", from the musical Oklahoma!, takes the form of exchanges between the drums of Philly Joe Jones and the saxophonist.
Track listing
- "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:44
- "Asiatic Raes" [also known as "Lotus Blossom"] (Kenny Dorham) – 5:57
- "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards-Ben Raleigh) – 5:59
- "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:32
- "Blues for Philly Joe" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:44
- "Namely You" (Gene de Paul-Johnny Mercer) – 3:18
Personnel
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Wynton Kelly – piano (1-3, 5-6)
- Doug Watkins – bass (1-3, 5-6)
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
Additional personnel
- Producer – Alfred Lion
- Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
- Photography [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
References
- ^ Billboard Mar 30, 1959
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), p. 541
