Sonny Rollins: The Bridge - VINYL
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Title: The Bridge
Artist: Sonny Rollins
Label: Ermitage
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 3770024957150
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2026-01-16
Number of Discs: 1
The Bridge is one of Sonny Rollins's most celebrated albums recording in January - February 1962 and released in the same year. It marked Rollins's return to recordings after his famous three-year sabbatical (1959 - 1961), when he stepped away from the jazz scene at the height of his career to practice intensively. It was 1959, Rollins he was already one of the most respected saxophonists alive: he had made Saxophone Colossus (1956), A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957), and The Freedom Suite (1958). Musicians and critics wondered why he stopped recording at his peak but he wanted to refine his technique, expand his sound, and push past what he felt were limitations in his playing. During his break, Rollins would literally practice for hours every day on the Williamsburg Bridge in Manhattan so he wouldn't disturb his neighbors: the album's title is a direct reference to that period of self-imposed exile for his artistic growth. Rollins chose a piano-less quartet with guitar (which was unusual at the time for a horn-led group) Jim Hall guitarist was highly influential and his contribute inspiring future saxophone-guitar quartets. By the time The Bridge appeared in 1962, expectations were sky-high: it was seen not just as an album, but as a return statement. Critics initially had mixed feelings (some expecting a more radical "revolution"), but over time the album has become recognised as one of Rollins's most enduring works and is today viewed as a milestone in modern jazz. A personal triumph for Rollins symbolising his artistic rebirth after his sabbatical.
Tracks:
1.1 Without a Song
1.2 Where Are You
1.3 John S
1.4 Bridge
1.5 God Bless the Child
1.6 You Do Something to Me
Sonny Rollins: The Bridge - VINYL
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Artist: Sonny Rollins
Label: Ermitage
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 3770024957150
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2026-01-16
Number of Discs: 1
The Bridge is one of Sonny Rollins's most celebrated albums recording in January - February 1962 and released in the same year. It marked Rollins's return to recordings after his famous three-year sabbatical (1959 - 1961), when he stepped away from the jazz scene at the height of his career to practice intensively. It was 1959, Rollins he was already one of the most respected saxophonists alive: he had made Saxophone Colossus (1956), A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957), and The Freedom Suite (1958). Musicians and critics wondered why he stopped recording at his peak but he wanted to refine his technique, expand his sound, and push past what he felt were limitations in his playing. During his break, Rollins would literally practice for hours every day on the Williamsburg Bridge in Manhattan so he wouldn't disturb his neighbors: the album's title is a direct reference to that period of self-imposed exile for his artistic growth. Rollins chose a piano-less quartet with guitar (which was unusual at the time for a horn-led group) Jim Hall guitarist was highly influential and his contribute inspiring future saxophone-guitar quartets. By the time The Bridge appeared in 1962, expectations were sky-high: it was seen not just as an album, but as a return statement. Critics initially had mixed feelings (some expecting a more radical "revolution"), but over time the album has become recognised as one of Rollins's most enduring works and is today viewed as a milestone in modern jazz. A personal triumph for Rollins symbolising his artistic rebirth after his sabbatical.
Tracks:
1.1 Without a Song
1.2 Where Are You
1.3 John S
1.4 Bridge
1.5 God Bless the Child
1.6 You Do Something to Me
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