I'm an Old Cowhand

Sonny Rollins · 1957

Context

Song by Johnny Mercer that opens Sonny Rollins's Way Out West (Contemporary, 1957), recorded on 7 March 1957 in Los Angeles as a trio without piano with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne. The album's original version lasts 5 min 42.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Way Out West (1957)
• Old Devil Moon (1957)
• Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Sonny Rollins) (1957)
• Striver's Row (1957)
• Sonnymoon for Two (1957)
• A Night in Tunisia (Sonny Rollins) (1957)

Sources

• EN: Way Out West (Sonny Rollins album)

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