Staying on the Watch

by Sonny Simmons

Staying on the Watch cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: ESP-Disk
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.36/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Teddy Smith, Barbara Donald, Marvin Pattillo, John Hicks

Album Notes & Community Reviews

For his debut as a leader on ESP-Disk, alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons delivers a furious, uncompromising set of high-energy avant-garde jazz. Accompanied by John Hicks on piano and a relentless rhythm section, the quintet engages in complex, frenetic improvisations rooted in post-bop intensity.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, instrumental, improvisation, complex, technical, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Metamorphosis
  2. A Distant Voice
  3. City Of David
  4. Interplanetary Travelers

Credits

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