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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Predicate Object
instanceOf album
jazz album
artist Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
associatedWork Saxophone Colossus NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins Plus 4 NERFINISHED
bassist Ray Brown NERFINISHED
chronologyPosition early Sonny Rollins leader album
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtFeature Sonny Rollins wearing a cowboy hat
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
drums
tenor saxophone
labelCatalogNumber Contemporary C3530
length 50:09
notableCharacteristic pianoless trio format
reinterpretations of Western-themed songs
originalMedium 12-inch LP
performer Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
personnel Ray Brown NERFINISHED
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
digital download
releaseDate 1957-03-07
side Side A
Side B
subgenre hard bop
theme American West NERFINISHED
track Come, Gone
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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Sonny Rollins notableWork Way Out West