Release Date: 8/01/2000
Recording Date: 3/1957
Tracks: 9
Length: 00:13:12 Hrs
Label: Contemporary
Type: CD
- Genre/Styles
- Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Album Tracks (9)
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What the Critics Say
The timeless Way Out West established Sonny Rollins as jazz's top tenor saxophonist (at least until John Coltrane surpassed him the following year). Joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, Rollins is heard at one of his peaks on such pieces as "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)," his own "Way Out West," "There Is No Greater Love," and "Come, Gone" (a fast stomp based on "After You've Gone"). The William Claxton photo of Rollins wearing Western gear (and holding his tenor) in the desert is also a classic. [Contemporary's 2000 re-release appended three bonus tracks, all of them alternate takes. JVC's 2003 reissue included two of those and featured enhanced sound.] ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
