What's New?

by Sonny Rollins

What's New? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:42
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This RCA Victor release documents Sonny Rollins's exploration of Latin and calypso rhythms alongside guitarist Jim Hall and percussionist Candido Camero. The album prominently features a sprawling, almost 12-minute rendition of 'Brown Skin Girl', explicitly reflecting Rollins's Caribbean heritage and his expansive improvisational methods.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, saxophone, ballad, ensemble, melodic

Tracklist

  1. If Ever I Would Leave You (12:04)
  2. Don't Stop the Carnival (6:07)
  3. Jungoso (10:52)
  4. Bluesongo (4:41)
  5. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (9:10)
  6. Brownskin Girl (6:46)

Credits

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