Way Out West (studio album) by Sonny Rollins

Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 3,658th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 72 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1957 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (103rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,658th)
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Sonny Rollins bestography

Way Out West is ranked 3rd best out of 40 albums by Sonny Rollins on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sonny Rollins is Saxophone Colossus which is ranked number 655 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,734.

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The BridgeWay Out WestSonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 72 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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95/100
From 03/07/2022 08:27
This is great. This is not Muzak despite the cover. I am a bit puzzled however about how they decided what takes went on the vinyl and what waited for a completist cd...
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From 12/17/2019 02:28
Definitely, not a jazz expert. But, I found this album enjoyable given the more melodic tenor soloing over just bass and drums. Features Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. This album is credited with the birth of the jazz technique of "strolling", which is sax soloing over bass and drums without a piano playing chords. Besides the sax work, I particularly enjoy Manne's technique on the ride cymbal on this recording.

Best tracks: Solitude; Come, Gone
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75/100
From 01/12/2019 21:02
Good album, but I dont find it to be as good as quite a few of Sonny's others.
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From 02/12/2016 03:19
Some of the best Jazz I've heard.
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From 11/22/2015 21:01
Way cool disc with hands down the best album cover in the history of jazz.
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Best Albums of 1957
1. Blue Train by John Coltrane
2. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
3. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
4. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
5. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
6. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
7. 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis
8. Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar by Johnny Cash
9. After School Session by Chuck Berry
10. Ray Charles by Ray Charles
11. Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
12. The Best Of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
13. Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
14. Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet
15. The Clown by Charles Mingus
16. Dance Album by Carl Perkins
17. After Midnight by Nat King Cole
18. Singin' The Blues by B.B. King
19. Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
20. Singin' To My Baby by Eddie Cochran
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