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The Way I Feel (Sonny Rollins album) 
Summary
The Way I Feel is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1976, featuring performances by Rollins with Patrice Rushen, Lee Ritenour, Billy Cobham, and Bill Summers with a brass section added on five tracks.[1]
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | August–October 1976 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Milestone | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "One of Sonny Rollins' lesser sets of the 1970s".[2]
Track listing edit
- All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
- "Island Lady" - 5:51
- "Asfrantation Woogie" - 3:14
- "Love Reborn" (George Duke, Flora Purim) - 5:13
- "Happy Feel" - 3:53
- "Shout It Out" (Patrice Rushen) - 5:45
- "The Way I Feel About You" (Duke) - 5:34
- "Charm Baby" - 7:25
- Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, August–October, 1976
Personnel edit
- Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
- Patrice Rushen - piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
- Lee Ritenour - guitar
- Billy Cobham - drums
- Bill Summers - conga, percussion
- Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Chuck Findley - trumpet (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
- George Bohanon, Lew McCreary - trombone (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
- Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson - French horn (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
- Don Waldrop - tuba (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
- Bill Green - piccolo, flute, soprano saxophone (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
- Alex Blake - bass (tracks 3, 6 & 7)
- Charles Meeks - electric bass (tracks 1-2 & 4-5)
References edit
- ^ Sonny Rollins discography accessed 28 September 2009
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "The Way I Feel > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1236. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.