Next Album
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{{Infobox album
| name = Next Album
| type = Album
| artist = Sonny Rollins
| cover = Next Album.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1972{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4g8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=sonny+rollins+next+album&pg=PA70|title=Billboard|date=November 11, 1972}}
| recorded = July 14 & 27, 1972
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 43:04
| label = Milestone
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| prev_title = East Broadway Run Down
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Horn Culture
| next_year = 1973
}}
Next Album is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Milestone label, featuring performances by Rollins with George Cables, Jack DeJohnette, Bob Cranshaw and Arthur Jenkins.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#milestone-msp-9042 Sonny Rollins discography] accessed 30 September 2009 The cover photography was credited to Chuck Stewart.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{cite web |first=Scott |last=Yanow |title= Next Album > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r146560 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=June 26, 2011}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 171
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1234}}
}}
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Sonny Rollins first album after ending his six-year retirement is a particularly strong effort. The highpoint is a ten-minute version of 'Skylark' that has a long unaccompanied section by the great tenor."
Track listing
:All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
- "Playin' in the Yard" – 10:25
- "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 9:58
- "The Everywhere Calypso" – 7:54
- "Keep Hold of Yourself" – 4:30
- "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 10:17
:* Recorded at Mercury Sound Studios, NYC, July 14 (tracks 1 and 3) and 27 (tracks 2 and 4–6), 1972
Personnel
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (track 2)
- George Cables – electric piano (tracks 1 and 2), piano
- Bob Cranshaw – bass, electric bass (track 1)
- David Lee – drums
- Jack DeJohnette – drums (tracks 1 and 4)
- Arthur Jenkins – congas, percussion (tracks 1 and 3)
References
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Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews