Our Man in Jazz

Our Man in Jazz
Live album by Sonny Rollins
Released	December 1962[1]
Recorded	July 27–30, 1962 February 20, 1963 Bonus tracks
Venue	The Village Gate, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	George Avakian, Bob Prince
Sonny Rollins chronology
What's New? (1962) Our Man in Jazz (1962) Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat (Original Lp release)	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
New Record Mirror	[4]

Our Man in Jazz is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released by RCA Victor featuring July 1962 performances by Rollins with Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins.^[5] These performances have been described as contrasting from Rollins' previous style by moving to "very long free-form fancies, swaggering and impetuous".^[6]

The CD reissue supplements the original LP's three tracks with three tracks recorded in February of the following year, with Henry Grimes replacing Cranshaw on bass. These recordings originally appeared on 3 in Jazz (an LP also featuring performances by Gary Burton and Clark Terry).

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Oleo" – 25:26
2. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 8:17
3. "Doxy" – 15:17
4. "You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:46 Bonus track on CD rerelease
5. "I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:16 Bonus track on CD rerelease
6. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:43 Bonus track on CD rerelease

• Recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 (tracks 1–3) and February 20, 1963 (tracks 4–6)

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Don Cherry – cornet
• Bob Cranshaw – bass
• Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 4–6)
• Billy Higgins – drums

References

1. Billboard January 12, 1963
2. Down Beat: March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Watson, Jimmy (1 June 1963). "Sonny Rollins: Our Man in Jazz" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 116. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
5. Sonny Rollins discography accessed 2 October 2009
6. Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. p. 127. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.