Newk's Time

Newk's Time is an album by Sonny Rollins. It was his third album for Blue Note Records, recorded in 1957 and released in 1959. The title of the album is a reference to Rollins' nickname "Newk", which is apparently based on his resemblance to Don Newcombe, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.[5] "Namely You" was taken from the Broadway show Li'l Abner. The release marked the beginning of Blue Note 4000 series: from this album on, the releases would be catalogued as "BLP 4..." (mono) and "BST 84..." (stereo).

Newk's Time
Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
ReleasedMid March 1959[1]
RecordedSeptember 22, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreBop
Hard bop
Length34:14
LabelBlue Note
BST 84001
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Side Up
(1959)		 Newk's Time
(1959)		 Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Rollins' version of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", from the musical Oklahoma!, is notable for being a duet between the drums of Philly Joe Jones and the saxophonist.

Track listing
  1. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:44
  2. "Asiatic Raes" [also known as "Lotus Blossom"] (Kenny Dorham) – 5:57
  3. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards-Ben Raleigh) – 5:59
  4. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:32
  5. "Blues for Philly Joe" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:44
  6. "Namely You" (Gene de Paul-Johnny Mercer) – 3:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

References
  1. Billboard Mar 30, 1959
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), p. 541


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