Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins album)

Don't Stop the Carnival
Live album by Sonny Rollins
Released	1978
Recorded	April 13–15, 1978
Genre	Jazz
Label	Milestone
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Sonny Rollins chronology
Easy Living (1977) Don't Stop the Carnival (1978) Don't Ask (1979)

Don't Stop the Carnival is a live album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded at the Great American Music Hall and released on the Milestone label in 1978, featuring performances by Rollins with Mark Soskin, Aurell Ray, Jerome Harris and Tony Williams with Donald Byrd joining on five tracks.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow wrote that the "versions of 'Don't Stop the Carnival' and 'Autumn Nocturne' are memorable but most of the rest of the set, although spirited, is a bit lightweight".^[2] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote that "the meat of the album is sustaining if not exquisite, jazz food that anyone can digest."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Don't Stop the Carnival" (Traditional) – 8:46
2. "Silver City" – 8:08
3. "Autumn Nocturne" (Kim Gannon, Josef Myrow) – 6:36
4. "Camel" – 4:14
5. "Introducing the Performers" – 1:01
6. "Nobody Else But Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 6:57
7. "Non-Cents" (Toney) – 9:25
8. "A Child's Prayer" (Donald Byrd) – 8:05
9. "President Hayes" (Byrd) – 9:49
10. "Sais" (James Mtume) – 7:55

• Recorded at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, April 13, 14 & 15, 1978

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Mark Soskin – piano, electric piano
• Aurell Ray – electric guitar
• Jerome Harris – electric bass
• Tony Williams – drums
• Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 5-10)

References

1. Sonny Rollins discography, accessed September 25, 2009.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Don't Stop the Carnival > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 172. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
6. Christgau, Robert. "Don't Stop the Carnival > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 26, 2011.