Newk’s Time

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"Newk’s Time" is a 1957 hard bop jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, celebrated for its inventive improvisation and Rollins’s powerful, distinctive tone.

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instanceOf hard bop album
jazz album
studio album
artist Sonny Rollins
associatedMovement hard bop era
chronology Sonny Rollins discography
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtFeature Sonny Rollins
criticalReception highly regarded by jazz critics
decade 1950s
featuresMusician Doug Watkins
Philly Joe Jones
Sonny Rollins
Wynton Kelly
followedBy Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
genre hard bop
jazz
hasTrack All the Things You Are
Kiss and Run
Namely You
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
Tune Up
What Is This Thing Called Love?
hasType LP record
instrumentation double bass
drums
piano
tenor saxophone
labelCatalog Blue Note catalog
language instrumental
mainInstrument tenor saxophone
notableFor Sonny Rollins’s powerful tone
inventive improvisation
originalMedium vinyl record
performer Sonny Rollins
precededBy Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
producer Alfred Lion
recordedAt Hackensack, New Jersey
Van Gelder Studio
recordingEngineer Rudy Van Gelder
recordLabel Blue Note Records
reissueFormat compact disc
digital download
releaseYear 1957
styleCharacteristic extended improvisation
melodic inventiveness
strong rhythmic drive

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Sonny Rollins notableWork Newk’s Time