Newk's Time

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Newk's Time
Studio album by
ReleasedMid-March 1959[1]
RecordedSeptember 22, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre
Length34:14
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4001
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Side Up
(1959)
Newk's Time
(1959)
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded on September 22, 1957 and released on Blue Note in 1959—his third album for the label.

Recording[edit]

The album was recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, on September 22, 1957.[6] Five of the six tracks are played by the quartet of Rollins, Wynton Kelly (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).[6] Only Rollins and Jones play on "Surrey with the Fringe on Top".[6]

Release history[edit]

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).

Title[edit]

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.[7] "Namely You" was taken from the Broadway show Li'l Abner.

Track listing[edit]

Side 1[edit]

  1. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:44
  2. "Asiatic Raes" [also known as "Lotus Blossom"] (Kenny Dorham) – 5:57
  3. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards-Ben Raleigh) – 5:59

Side 2[edit]

  1. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:32
  2. "Blues for Philly Joe" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:44
  3. "Namely You" (Gene de Paul-Johnny Mercer) – 3:18

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Technical personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Billboard Mar 30, 1959
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ a b c "Sonny Rollins Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), p. 541