Sonny Rollins on Impulse!

by Sonny Rollins

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For his only album released on Impulse!, Sonny Rollins works with a conventional quartet, leaning heavily into calypso rhythms and upbeat standards. His tenor saxophone improvisations are notably playful and rhythmic, anchoring the session in structured hard bop while exploring extended, thematic variations.

Genres

  • Hard Bop

Tracklist

  1. On Green Dolphin Street
  2. Everything Happens To Me
  3. Hold 'Em Joe
  4. Blue Room
  5. Three Little Words