Moving Out is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. This was his second for Prestige Records, featuring Kenny Dorham, Elmo Hope, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey, and one track with Thelonious Monk, Tommy Potter, and Art Taylor.[1] The first 4 tracks had originally appeared on as the 10-inch LP Sonny Rollins Quintet Featuring Kenny Dorham (PrLP 186), and the final track had appeared on the 10-inch LP Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk (PrLP 190).[2]

Moving Out
Studio album by
Released1956 (1956)
RecordedAugust 18 and October 25, 1954
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length31:22
LabelPrestige
ProducerBob Weinstock
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
(1953)
Moving Out
(1956)
Work Time
(1955)

Reception

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At Allmusic, Michael G. Nastos called the group "one of the more potent combos of 1954."[3] Author and musician Peter Niklas Wilson called the album "simply a typical blowing session, in which virtuoso up-tempo playing and a wealth of invention in a well-known framework count for more than structural innovation".[4]

Professional ratings
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Allmusic     [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

Side one
  1. "Moving Out" - 4:31
  2. "Swingin' for Bumsy" - 5:48
  3. "Silk 'n' Satin" - 4:03
Side two
  1. "Solid" - 6:27
  2. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 10:48

Recorded on August 18, 1954 (first four tracks), and October 25 ("More Than You Know")

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Sonny Rollins Catalog". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Prestige Records Discography: 1953".
  3. ^ a b Nastos, Michael G. "Moving Out – Sonny Rollins". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  4. ^ Wilson, Peter N. (2001). Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide. Berkeley, California: Berkeley Hills Books. pp. 111–112. ISBN 1-893163-06-7.
  5. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1 ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p. 172. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1232. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.