Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins album)


Don't Stop the Carnival is a live album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded at the Great American Music Hall and released on the Milestone label in 1978, featuring performances by Rollins with Mark Soskin, Aurell Ray, Jerome Harris and Tony Williams with Donald Byrd joining on five tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow wrote that the "versions of 'Don't Stop the Carnival' and 'Autumn Nocturne' are memorable but most of the rest of the set, although spirited, is a bit lightweight". Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "the meat of the album is sustaining if not exquisite, jazz food that anyone can digest."

Track listing

  1. "Don't Stop the Carnival" - 8:46
  2. "Silver City" - 8:08
  3. "Autumn Nocturne" - 6:36
  4. "Camel" - 4:14
  5. "Introducing the Performers" - 1:01
  6. "Nobody Else But Me" - - 6:57
  7. "Non-Cents" - Toney 9:25
  8. "A Child's Prayer" - 8:05
  9. "President Hayes" - 9:49
  10. "Sais" - 7:55