Newk's Time

Studio album by Sonny Rollins

Released

Mid March 1959^[1]

Recorded

September 22, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Genre

Bop
Hard bop

Length

34:14

Label

Blue Note
BST 84001

Producer

Alfred Lion

Sonny Rollins chronology

The Sound of Sonny
(1957)

Newk's Time
(1957)

A Night at the Village Vanguard
(1957)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Newk's Time is an album by Sonny Rollins. It was his third album for Blue Note Records, recorded in 1957 and released in 1959. The title of the album is a reference to Rollins' nickname "Newk", which is apparently based on his resemblance to Don Newcombe, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.^[4] "Namely You" was taken from the Broadway show Li'l Abner. The release marked the beginning of Blue Note 4000 series: from this album on, the releases would be catalogued as "BLP 4..." (mono) and "BST 84..." (stereo).

Track listing

"Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:44
"Asiatic Raes" (Kenny Dorham) – 5:57
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards-Ben Raleigh) – 5:59
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:32
"Blues for Philly Joe" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:44
"Namely You" (Gene de Paul-Johnny Mercer) – 3:18

Personnel

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Additional personnel

Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Photography [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff

References

↑ Billboard Mar 30, 1959
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), p. 541

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