Next Album by Sonny Rollins

Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); George Cables (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Jack De Johnette, David Lee (drums); Arthur Jenkins (congas, percussion). Recorded at Mercury Sound Studios, New York, New York in July 1972. Originally released on Milestone (9042). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1987, Fantasy Studios). With the recording of NEXT ALBUM in July of 1972, the tenor giant returned to the jazz scene refreshed and recharged by the last of his extended spiritual sabbaticals. Never again would this great improviser turn his back on an adoring public, but such was the intensity of their love that henceforth every nuance of his playing was subjected to the most thorough scrutiny imaginable, and made to stand comparison with the Sonny Rollins of the late '50s and mid-60s. NEXT ALBUM is a joyous recital, and the saxophonist performs with renewed power and conviction. " Playin' In The Yard " opens with an earthy concoction of calypso and R & B elements...