The Bridge

by Sonny Rollins

The Bridge cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:21
  • Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Jim Hall, Bob Cranshaw, Ben Riley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After a two-year sabbatical spent practicing on the Williamsburg Bridge, Sonny Rollins returned not with a radical new style, but with a powerfully refined and focused voice. This album represents an adventurous evolution of hard bop driven by introspection.

Genres

Descriptors: virtuosic, saxophone, classic, melodic, groundbreaking

Tracklist

  1. Without a Song (7:26)
  2. Where Are You? (5:10)
  3. John S. (7:46)
  4. The Bridge (5:59)

Credits

  • Sonny Rollins - primary artist, written-by
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass
  • Ben Riley - drums
  • H. T. Saunders - drums
  • Ray Hall - engineer [recording]
  • Jim Hall - guitar
  • George Avakian - liner notes
  • Bob Prince - producer
  • Billy Rose - written-by
  • Edward Eliscu - written-by
  • Vincent Youmans - written-by
  • Harold Adamson - written-by
  • Jimmy McHugh - written-by
  • Arthur Herzog, Jr. - written-by
  • Billie Holiday - written-by
  • Cole Porter - written-by

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