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The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings

Sonny Rollins

2000 · Jazz

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The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings by Sonny Rollins

The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings is a Jazz album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Brilliant Corners (feat. Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry & Clark Terry)7:43
  2. 2Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (feat. Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry & Clark Terry)13:16
  3. 3Bemsha Swing (feat. Sonny Rollins & Clark Terry)7:41
  4. 4Pannonica (feat. Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry & Clark Terry)8:49
  5. 5I'm an Old Cowhand5:40
  6. 6Way Out West6:29
  7. 7Come, Gone7:49
  8. 8There Is No Greater Love5:14
  9. 9Wagon Wheels10:10
  10. 2.1Solitude7:50
  11. 2.2I'm an Old Cowhand (Alternate Take)10:10
  12. 2.3Come, Gone (Alternate Take)10:27
  13. 2.4There Is No Greater Love (Take 2)5:13
  14. 2.5Way Out West (Alternate Take)6:37
  15. 2.6Falling In Love With Love (feat. Sonny Rollins)9:09
  16. 2.7My Old Flame (feat. Sonny Rollins)5:22
  17. 3.1La Villa (feat. Sonny Rollins)7:02
  18. 3.2I'll Remember April (feat. Sonny Rollins)12:04
  19. 3.3The Last Time I Saw Paris2:54
  20. 3.4Just In Time3:56
  21. 3.5Toot, Toot, Tootsie4:21
  22. 3.6What Is There to Say?4:53
  23. 3.7Dearly Beloved3:02
  24. 3.8Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye3:20
  25. 3.9Cutie5:52
  26. 3.10It Could Happen to You3:44
  27. 3.11Mangoes5:31
  28. 3.12Funky Hotel Blues5:58
  29. 3.13Porgy4:24
  30. 3.14I Must Have That Man3:56
  31. 3.15When a Woman Loves a Man4:26
  32. 4.1Strong Man5:02
  33. 4.2Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe5:54
  34. 4.3That's Him3:23
  35. 4.4My Man3:55
  36. 4.5Don't Explain6:39
  37. 4.6I Must Have That Man (Take 3, Alternate)3:54
  38. 4.7Porgy (Take 1, Alternate)4:27
  39. 4.8Sonnymoon for Two9:06
  40. 4.9Like Someone In Love4:58
  41. 4.10Theme from Symphony No.6 Pathétique5:56
  42. 4.11Till There Was You (Take 4)4:56
  43. 4.12Someday I'll Find You4:38
  44. 4.13Will You Still Be Mine?2:57
  45. 4.14Shadow Waltz4:13
  46. 4.15Till There Was You (Take 3)4:58
  47. 5.1The Freedom Suite19:33
  48. 5.2I've Told Ev'ry Little Star5:24
  49. 5.3Rock a Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody4:51
  50. 5.4How High the Moon7:43
  51. 5.5You4:13
  52. 5.6I've Found a New Baby3:37
  53. 5.7Alone Together5:57
  54. 5.8The Song Is You5:42
  55. 5.9In the Chapel In the Moonlight6:38
  56. 5.10You (Alternate Take)4:14
  57. 5.11I've Found a New Baby (Alternate Take)4:22
  58. 5.12The Song Is You (Alternate Take)6:11

Sound DNA

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Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Compilation of Sonny Rollins' recordings on Riverside as leader and sideman,
Recorded:
#1-1 to 1-4; December 1956 at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
#1-5 to 2-5: March 7, 1957 at Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles
#2-6 to 3-2: May 21 and 27, 1957 at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
#3-3 to 3-12: June 19, 1957 (3-3, 3-6, 3-12), June 11 & 12, 1957 (other selections) at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
#3-13 to 4-7: October 28, 1957 at Reeves Sound Studios, New

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3 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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