Way Out West
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Way Out West is a landmark 1957 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, celebrated for its pianoless trio format and inventive reinterpretations of Western-themed tunes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Way Out West canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
album
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jazz album ⓘ |
| artist | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Saxophone Colossus
NERFINISHED
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Sonny Rollins Plus 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Ray Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | early Sonny Rollins leader album ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtFeature |
Sonny Rollins wearing a cowboy hat
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desert landscape ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| drummer | Shelly Manne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Roy DuNann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInstrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| format | pianoless trio ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Out_West_(Sonny_Rollins_album) ⓘ |
| influenceOn | development of saxophone trio format ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
double bass
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drums ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Contemporary C3530 ⓘ |
| length | 50:09 ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
pianoless trio format
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reinterpretations of Western-themed songs ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 12-inch LP ⓘ |
| performer | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personnel |
Ray Brown
NERFINISHED
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Shelly Manne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Lester Koenig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1957-03-07 ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingStudio | Contemporary Records Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Contemporary Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reissueFormat |
CD
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digital download ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-03-07 ⓘ |
| side |
Side A
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Side B ⓘ |
| subgenre | hard bop ⓘ |
| theme | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| track |
Come, Gone
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I’m an Old Cowhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Solitude NERFINISHED ⓘ There Is No Greater Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagon Wheels NERFINISHED ⓘ Way Out West (track) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackCount | 6 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.