Sonny Rollins - The Bridge

LIMITED EDITION

THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS 

The Bridge marked Sonny Rollins first album after his three-year long self-imposed musical exile. Living on Manhattan's Lower East Side, he was often spotted on the nearby Williamsburg Bridge at night, deep in a rigorous practice session. The album that represented Rollins' comeback was all recorded in a piano-less quartet format, with Jim Hall on guitar, plus Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Ben Riley on drums.

Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris' prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE.

Tracklist:  

Side A

1. WITHOUT A SONG 7:30

2. WHERE ARE YOU? 5:12

3. JOHN S. 7:44

4. GOD BLESS THE CHILD [alternative version] 5:50 *

Side B

1. THE BRIDGE 5:59

2. GOD BLESS THE CHILD 7:30

3. YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME 6:51

4. THE BRIDGE [alternative version] 5:19 *

Personnel: 

SONNY ROLLINS, tenor saxophone

JIM HALL, guitar

BOB CRANSHAW, bass

BEN RILEY, drums (on Side A, B1 & B3)

HARRY T. SAUNDERS, drums (on B2 only)

New York, January 30 (B2), February 13 (A2, A3,

B3) & February 14 (A1, B1), 1962.

Original sessions produced by Bob Prince

*BONUS TRACKS: Same personnel as above (Riley on drums). Ralph

Gleason’s “Jazz Casual” TV Show, San Francisco, March 23, 1962.