The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1The Bridge
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1962-02-14)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer) and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
double bass:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1962-02-14)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-02-14)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1962-02-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1962-02-14)
recording of:
The Bridge (on 1962-02-14)
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
6:00
2God Bless the Child
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1962-01-30)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1962-01-30)
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (in 1986-07)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer) and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
double bass:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1962-01-30)
drums (drum set):
Harry T. Saunders (on 1962-01-30)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (in 1962, on 1962-01-30)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (in 1962, on 1962-01-30)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studio B (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1962-01-30)
instrumental cover recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1962-01-30)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
7:28
3Don't Stop the Carnival
recording of:
Don’t Stop the Carnival
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
6:08
4Dearly Beloved
8:22
5Yesterdays
5:13
6Just Friends
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-18)
double bass [bass]:
Henry Grimes (US free jazz bassist) (on 1963-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-18)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-18)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-18) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-18)
instrumental recording of:
Just Friends (on 1963-07-18)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
4:40
7I Remember Clifford (alternate take)
6:05
8St. Thomas
3:58
9'round Midnight
recording of:
’Round Midnight
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
4:02
10Long Ago and Far Away
2:50
11Trav'lin' Light (alternate take)
12:44