User:Zsasnow/project4 notes

Project Four Notes[edit]

This page is the page where I shall keep my notes for my Wikipedia Article. My article shall be about Sonny Rollins' album Plus Four.

Note[edit]

I've also noticed that his album Tenor Madness has a really terrible article. Would I be able to do both for the project?

My notes include:[edit]

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24877
- Released in 1956 on Prestige Records, reissued by Concord records
- Clifford Brown on trumpet, Max Roach on drums, Richie Powell on piano, George Morrow on bass, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax
- basically was Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet playing on a different label
- historically significant album in jazz- Clifford Brown and Max Roach died months after in car crash
- two songs written by Rollins- Valse Hot & Pent-Up House
- one Irving Berlin song- Count your blessings (Instead of sheep)
  - originally sang by Bing Crosby in White Christmas (1954)

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dcfexqtgldhe
- considered part of the hard bop genre of jazz
- recorded 3/22/56
- Track list
  - 1 Valse Hot Rollins 8:38
  - 2 Kiss and Run Coslow 7:10
  - 3 I Feel a Song Coming On Fields, McHugh, Oppenheimer 5:14
  - 4 Count Your Blessings (Instead of sheep) Berlin 2:31
  - 5 Pent-Up House Rollins 8:53

- release & Re-releases
  - CD Prestige/OJC 243
  - 1991 LP Prestige/OJC 243
  - 1991 CS Prestige/OJC 243
  - 1964 LP Prestige 7291
  - 1956 Prestige PRLP-7038
  - 1956 Prestige 7038
  - Prestige 1524
  - LP Prestige 7038
  - 1956 Prestige/OJC OJC-243
  - 1991 CD Original Jazz Classics 243
  - 2006 CD JVC Victor 41601
  - 2008 CD Universal 9174
  - 2008 CD Universal Japan UCCO9268

- Info about Sonny Rollins at time of recording

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins
can I use Wikipedia as a reference?

Basic Structure of Article[edit]

From my observation of the CD articles on Wikipedia, the basic format is

history and other trivia
track list and song credits
musicians (usually referred to as personnel on jazz albums)
Summary of some reviews and dates underneath picture of album

So I should probably follow that format, so the bulk of my article will be on the history and release information that precedes the track list and personnel. I can include Sonny's style at the time, what groups he had been playing with, and the general feel jazz had at the time. Also, I will include public reaction to the album (if I can find a reputable source of it).