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Way Out West is a March 7, 1957 album by Sonny Rollins with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, neither of whom had played or recorded with Rollins before. The music employs a technique called "strolling", used here by Rollins for the first time, in which he would solo over only bass and drums with no pianist playing chords. The recent reissue of the CD has additional takes of three of the songs, including the title track. These additional takes are all about twice as long, containing much longer solos from all three of the members of the band.
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Way Out West is a 1957 album by Sonny Rollins with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, neither of whom had previously played or recorded with Rollins. This was the first time that he recorded an album with only bass and drums, with no pianist or guitarist playing chords. The reissue of the CD has additional takes of three of the songs, including the title track. These additional takes are all about twice as long, containing much longer solos from all three members of the band.
| 1 | I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) | ♡ | 5:40 | Johnny Mercer |
| 2 | Solitude | ♡ | 7:50 | Irving Mills / Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington |
| 3 | Come, Gone | ♡ | 7:50 | Sonny Rollins |
| 4 | Wagon Wheels | ♡ | 10:10 | Billy Hill / Peter de Rose |
| 5 | There Is No Greater Love | ♡ | 5:14 | Marty Symes / Isham Jones |
| 6 | Way Out West | ♡ | 6:28 | Sonny Rollins |
| 7 | I’m an Old Cowhand [Alternate Take] | ♡ | 10:09 | Johnny Mercer |
| 8 | Come, Gone [Alternate Take] | ♡ | 10:27 | Sonny Rollins |
| 9 | Way Out West [Alternate Take] | ♡ | 6:39 | Sonny Rollins |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000649710
Credits
Bass — Ray Brown Drums — Shelly Manne Engineer — Roy DuNann Producer — Lester Koenig Tenor Saxophone — Sonny Rollins
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