Sunny Days, Starry Nights Explained

Sunny Days, Starry Nights is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1984, featuring performances by Rollins with Clifton Anderson, Mark Soskin, Russell Blake and Tommy Campbell.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Sunny Days, Starry Nights as usual finds the great tenor at his best on the two ballads ('I'm Old Fashioned' and Noel Coward's 'I'll See You Again') while the other four originals have been largely forgotten." Music critic Robert Christgau called the album "his most accessible and uncompromised album in more than a decade is soaked in the swinging pan-Caribbean 'calypso' that's been his special pleasure since the '50s..."

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Mava Mava" - 4:34
2. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 6:28
3. "Wynton" - 8:20
4. "Tell Me You Love Me" - 6:16
5. "I'll See You Again" (Noël Coward) - 6:21
6. "Kilauea" - 6:59

• Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, on January 23–27, 1984

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
  • Clifton Anderson - trombone Mark Soskin - piano, electric piano, celesta, synthesizer
• Russell Blake - electric bass
  • Tommy Campbell - drums Lucille Rollins - cowbell (tracks 1 & 6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-rollins/catalog/#milestone-m-9122 Sonny Rollins discography