Reel Life (Sonny Rollins album)
1982 studio album by Sonny Rollins
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Studio album by Sonny Rollins | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Recorded | August 17–22, 1982 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Milestone | |||
Producer | Sonny Rollins, Lucille Rollins | |||
Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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Reel Life is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1982, featuring performances by Rollins with Bobby Broom, Yoshiaki Masuo, Bob Cranshaw and Jack DeJohnette.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos states: "As the career of Rollins moved into fourth gear, his love for hard bop, Caribbean music, and funkier styles continued to appeal to die-hard fans and the urban crowd. A matchless melodic tenor saxophone, Rollins just kept rolling along."[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
- "Reel Life" - 6:14
- "McGhee" (Howard McGhee, Sonny Rollins) - 4:20
- "Rosita's Best Friend" - 6:22
- "Sonny Side Up" (Yoshiaki Masuo) - 6:47
- "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:55
- "Best Wishes" - 5:43
- "Solo Reprise (Sonny)" - 2:12
- Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, on August 17–22, 1982
Personnel
- Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Broom - guitar
- Yoshiaki Masuo - guitar, electric guitar, claves
- Bob Cranshaw - electric bass, cabasa
- Jack DeJohnette - drums, congas, maracas
References
- v
- t
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- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
- Moving Out
- Work Time
- Sonny Rollins Plus 4
- Tenor Madness
- Saxophone Colossus
- Rollins Plays for Bird
- Tour de Force
- Sonny Boy
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1
- Way Out West
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
- The Sound of Sonny
- Freedom Suite
- Newk's Time
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
- The Bridge
- What's New?
- Our Man in Jazz
- Sonny Meets Hawk!
- Now's the Time
- The Standard Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
- Alfie
- East Broadway Run Down
- Next Album
- Horn Culture
- Nucleus
- The Way I Feel
- Easy Living
- Don't Ask
- Love at First Sight
- No Problem
- Reel Life
- Sunny Days, Starry Nights
- The Solo Album
- Dancing in the Dark
- Falling in Love with Jazz
- Here's to the People
- Old Flames
- Sonny Rollins + 3
- Global Warming
- This Is What I Do
- Sonny, Please
- A Night at the "Village Vanguard"
- There Will Never Be Another You
- The Cutting Edge
- Don't Stop the Carnival
- G-Man
- Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
- Road Shows, Vol. 1