Comments on: Sonny Rollins, UK Pressing, Williamsburg Bridge

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:16:12 +0000

that’s not a bad interpretation. i doubt the designer intended to make it look like sonny was all fucked up, but it can definitely come across that way.

By: ian shadwick

ian shadwick — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 05:31:47 +0000

The cover designer was Michael Sherlock who also did Ray Bryant Trio , Miles Davis Dig and I think Gene Ammons In Fidelity ( but I do not own that one). I can’t find any information on him but if you visit the London Jazz Collectors site they put together a comparison of about 100 Prestige and Esquire covers and the distinct impression comes from those covers (that do not just duplicate the US releases ) that they are just another interpretation of the title .So I would tend to stick with my original suggestion that is the quartet resting between worktime.

By: Woody

Woody — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:18:12 +0000

Gregory, do you think this makes sense?….
I drew an outline around what I think is a silhouette of the other three members of the quartet….

http://gdurl.com/BIr0

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 20:49:17 +0000

what do you think is the idea of the figure, ian? i’m genuinely curious.

By: Woody

Woody — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:48:50 +0000

When I look at the Rollin’s cover I think the 2 outer guys have their hands in their pockets and the guy in the middle has his hands on their shoulders. A lot of the Esquire covers are really tasty.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:59:38 +0000

Totally “nodding off” in between sets outside the gig. Play on the Worktime title.

By: ian shadwick

ian shadwick — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 04:43:41 +0000

Can I suggest putting on our 1957/8 eyes , English eyes at that , I doubt the drug reference looking at
it through this prism. It also shows 4 figures , which makes up a quartet maybe .

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:53:10 +0000

The rest of the quartet waiting for Sonny to wake up?

By: GST

GST — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:58:21 +0000

I’m trying to figure out what the three shadowy figures are doing in the back.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:31:37 +0000

i definitely get a ‘strung out’ vibe from the artwork, too. i don’t know what the artist’s intentions were, but i think that even if sonny still had his habit at this time, the portrayal is fairly offensive, despite possibly being well-intentioned.