The Bridge (Sonny Rollins album)

The Bridge
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1962[1]
RecordedJanuary 30 and February 13–14, 1962
StudioRCA Victor, New York City
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length40:36
LabelRCA Victor LPM-2527
ProducerBob Prince
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
(1959)
The Bridge
(1962)
What's New?
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

The Bridge is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded in 1962.[6] It was Rollins' first release following a three-year sabbatical and was his first album for RCA Victor.[7] The saxophonist was joined by the musicians with whom he recorded for the next segment of his career: Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on double bass and Ben Riley on drums.[8]

  1. ^ "Billboard". April 14, 1962.
  2. ^ Down Beat:July 5, 1962 Vol. 29, No.14
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Sonny Rollins discography at AllMusic
  7. ^ Sonny Rollins biography at AllMusic
  8. ^ The named Sonny Rollins Quartet performing "God Bless the Child" on a unidentified tv broadcast in 1962 on YouTube. Retrieved September 7, 2012 [dead link]