East Broadway Run Down
1967 studio album by Sonny Rollins
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East Broadway Run Down is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded in 1966 and released in 1967 by Impulse Records, his last album before industry pressures led him to take a six-year hiatus.[6] The album represents one of his more notable experiments with free jazz,[7] according to The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz illustrating "the furthest extent to which he incorporated noise elements into his playing".[8] It has been critically described as among his 60s "jewels".[6]
| East Broadway Run Down | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Post-bop, free jazz | |||
| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| DownBeat | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [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
Except where otherwise noted, all compositions by Sonny Rollins.
- "East Broadway Run Down" – 20:27
- "Blessing in Disguise" – 12:27
- "We Kiss in a Shadow" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:40
Personnel
Performance
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (track 1 only)
- 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 – artwork, cover design
- Joe Lebow – liner design
- Mel Cheren – artwork, cover painting
- Vartan – art direction
- Viceroy – artwork
- DZN – repackaging design