East Broadway Run Down
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| Released | January 1967 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1966 | |||
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| Genres | Post-bop, free jazz | |||
| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
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| Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
East Broadway Run Down is a 1966 album by jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released in 1967 by Impulse!. It was his last album before a six-year hiatus.[5] The album is one of his notable experiments with free jazz,[6] with The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz noting it illustrates "the furthest extent to which he incorporated noise elements into his playing".[7] It has been critically described as among his 1960s "jewels".[5]
Initially released on Impulse! Records, the album has been reissued many times on CD and LP by Impulse!, MCA, Universal International, and GRP.
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.
- "East Broadway Run Down" – 20:27
- "Blessing in Disguise" – 12:27
- "We Kiss in a Shadow" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:40
Personnel
Musicians
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (track 1)
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
Production
- Bob Thiele – producer, photography
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
- Charles Stewart – photography, cover photo
- Robert Flynn – cover design
- Joe Lebow – liner design
- Mel Cheren – artwork, cover painting
- Vartan – art direction
- Viceroy – artwork
- DZN – repackaging design
References
- ↑ "East Broadway Run Down". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
- ↑ "East Broadway Run Down". DownBeat. Vol. 34, no. 13. June 29, 1967.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- 1 2 "Survivors of stature: Rollins, Rush roll on". Weekly Wire. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
- ↑ Giddins, Gary (2000). Visions of Jazz: The First Century (New ed.). London: Oxford UP. p. 418. ISBN 0-19-513241-6. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
- ↑ "Sonny Rollins". PBS. Archived from the original on January 29, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2026.