Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders information
1959 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
Released
August 1959[1]
Recorded
October 20, 21 & 22, 1958
Studio
Contemporary Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Jazz, hard bop, post-bop[2]
Length
59:33
Label
Contemporary
Producer
Lester Koenig
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Rollins at Music Inn (1958)
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1959)
The Bridge (1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
[4]
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders is a 1959 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Contemporary label, featuring performances by Rollins with Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, and Shelly Manne with Victor Feldman added on one track.[5] It was the last studio record Rollins made in the 1950s. Following the recording of "Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders", Rollins toured Europe in the spring of 1959, then took a hiatus from recording and performing in public that ended in 1962 with his LP The Bridge.[6]
^"Billboard". August 31, 1959.
^ abYanow, Scott. "Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
^Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^Sonny Rollins discography. Retrieved October 2, 2009
^Sonny Rollins biography at AllMusic
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