East Broadway Run Down is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded in 1966 and released in 1967 by Impulse Records, his last album before industry pressures led him to take a six-year hiatus.[5] The album represents one of his more notable experiments with free jazz,[6] according to The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz illustrating "the furthest extent to which he incorporated noise elements into his playing".[7] It has been critically described as among his 60s "jewels".[5]
| East Broadway Run Down | ||||
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| Released | January 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Post-bop, free jazz | |||
| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
Initially released on Impulse! Records, the album has been reissued many times on CD and LP by Impulse!, MCA, Universal International and GRP.
Track listing edit
Except where otherwise noted, all compositions by Sonny Rollins.
- "East Broadway Run Down" – 20:27
- "Blessing in Disguise" – 12:27
- "We Kiss in a Shadow" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:40
Personnel edit
Performance edit
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (track 1 only)
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
Production edit
- Bob Thiele – producer, photography
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
- Charles Stewart – photography, cover photo
- Robert Flynn – artwork, cover design
- Joe Lebow – liner design
- Mel Cheren – artwork, cover painting
- Vartan – art direction
- Viceroy – artwork
- DZN – repackaging design
References edit
- ^ "Billboard". January 28, 1967.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ 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. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b Wynn, Ron. (October 19, 1998) Survivors of stature: Rollins, Rush roll on Weekly Wire. Accessed November 15, 2007.
- ^ Giddins, Gary (2000). Visions of Jazz: The First Century (New ed.). London: Oxford UP. ISBN 0-19-513241-6., p.418
- ^ Sonny Rollins. From The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Hosted at PBS. Accessed November 15, 2007.