Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album)

Freedom Suite is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his last recorded for the Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach.[1]

Freedom Suite
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	1958
Recorded	February 11 & March 7, 1958
Studio	WOR Recording Studio
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:43
Label	Riverside Jazzland (reissue)
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Rollins Plays (1958) Freedom Suite (1958) Sonny Side Up (1959)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Rollins is very creative, stretching out on his lengthy 'Freedom Suite,' clearly enjoying investigating the obscure Noël Coward melody 'Someday I'll Find You,' turning the show tune 'Till There Was You' into jazz, and finding beauty in 'Shadow Waltz' and 'Will You Still Be Mine?' A near masterpiece."[2]

Track listing

1. "The Freedom Suite" (Sonny Rollins) - 19:17
2. "Someday I'll Find You" (Noël Coward) - 4:35
3. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 2:54
4. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) - 4:54
5. "Till There Was You" [alternate take] (Willson) - 4:55 Bonus track on CD rerelease
6. "Shadow Waltz" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:08

• Recorded at WOR Recording Studio, NYC, on February 11 (tracks 2-6), and March 7 (track 1), 1958

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Oscar Pettiford - bass
• Max Roach - drums

References

1. Sonny Rollins discography, accessed October 4, 2009.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Freedom Suite Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.