Old Flames

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  • Artist: Sonny Rollins
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1993
  • Total Time: 55:17
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

Sonny Rollins mostly sticks to standard ballads on this excellent CD which finds him joined by trombonist Clifton Anderson, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Bob Cranshaw, drummer Jack DeJohnette and, on two selections, a five-piece brass choir arranged by Jimmy Heath. Comfortable and occasionally passionate music by one of the classic tenor-saxophonists. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi

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Old Flames
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released 1993
Recorded July–August 1993
Genre Jazz
Length 55:17
Label Milestone
Sonny Rollins chronology
Here's to the People
(1991)
Old Flames
(1993)
Sonny Rollins + 3
(1995)

Old Flames is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1993, featuring performances by Rollins with Clifton Anderson, Tommy Flanagan, Bob Cranshaw and Jack DeJohnette with Jon Faddis, Byron Stripling, Alex Brofsky and Bob Stewart added on two tracks which were arranged by Jimmy Heath.[1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "Comfortable and occasionally passionate music by one of the classic tenor-saxophonists".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
  1. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen) – 6:56
  2. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:09
  3. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 7:15
  4. "Times Slimes" – 6:58
  5. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 9:41
  6. "Delia" (Franz Lehár) – 9:48
  7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 7:18
  • Recorded in NY on July–August, 1993

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Sonny Rollins discography Retrieved September 21, 2009
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Old Flames > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r188164. Retrieved June 26, 2011. 

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