Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders è un album in studio del sassofonista jazz statunitense Sonny Rollins, pubblicato dalla Contemporary Records nel luglio del 1959[2].
LP (1959, Contemporary Records, M 3564/S 7564)
- Lato A
- I've Told Ev'ry Little Star – 5:24 (testo: Oscar Hammerstein II – musica: Jerome Kern)
- Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – 4:50 (testo: Samuel M. Lewis, Joseph Young – musica: Jean Schwartz)
- How High the Moon – 7:45 (testo: Nancy Hamilton – musica: William M. Lewis, Jr.)
- You – 4:14 (Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson)
- Lato B
- I've Found a New Baby – 3:35 (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
- Alone Together – 5:50 (testo: Howard Dietz – musica: Arthur Schwartz)
- In the Chapel in the Moonlight – 6:40 (Billy Hill)
- The Song Is You – 6:10 (testo: Oscar Hammerstein II – musica: Jerome Kern)
CD (1988, Original Jazz Classics, OJCCD-340-2)
- I've Told Ev'ry Little Star – 5:24 (testo: Oscar Hammerstein II – musica: Jerome Kern)
- Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – 4:50 (testo: Samuel M Lewis, Joseph Young – musica: Jean Schwartz)
- How High the Moon – 7:41 (testo: Nancy Hamilton – musica: William M. Lewis, Jr.)
- You – 4:14 (Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson)
- I've Found a New Baby – 3:36 (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
- I've Found a New Baby (alternate take) – 4:20 (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – Traccia bonus
- Alone Together – 5:56 (testo: Howard Dietz – musica: Arthur Schwartz)
- In the Chapel in the Moonlight – 6:40 (Billy Hill)
- The Song Is You – 5:41 (testo: Oscar Hammerstein II – musica: Jerome Kern)
- The Song Is You (alternate take) – 6:10 (testo: Oscar Hammerstein II – musica: Jerome Kern) – Traccia bonus
- Lester Koenig – produzione, note retrocopertina album originale
- Registrazioni effettuate al Contemporary's Studio di Los Angeles, California (Stati Uniti) il 20, 21 e 22 ottobre 1958
- Roy DuNann – ingegnere delle registrazioni
- Guidi/Tri-Arts – design copertina album originale
- William Claxton – foto copertina album originale [3]
- ^ (EN) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
- ^ Album Reviews (PDF), in The Cash Box, Joe Orleck, 25 luglio 1959, p. 44. URL consultato il 2 aprile 2023.
- ^ Note di copertina di Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders, Sonny Rollins, Contemporary Records, M 3564, 1959.