User:Zsasnow/project4 notes

Project Four Notes
This page is the page where I shall keep my notes for my Wikipedia Article. My article shall be about Sonny Rollins' album Plus Four.

Note
I've also noticed that his album Tenor Madness has a really terrible article. Would I be able to do both for the project?

My notes include:

 * http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24877
 * Released in 1956 on Prestige Records, reissued by Concord records
 * Clifford Brown on trumpet, Max Roach on drums, Richie Powell on piano, George Morrow on bass, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax
 * basically was Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet playing on a different label
 * historically significant album in jazz- Clifford Brown and Max Roach died months after in car crash
 * two songs written by Rollins- Valse Hot & Pent-Up House
 * one Irving Berlin song- Count your blessings (Instead of sheep)
 * originally sang by Bing Crosby in White Christmas (1954)


 * http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dcfexqtgldhe
 * considered part of the hard bop genre of jazz
 * recorded 3/22/56
 * Track list
 * 1		Valse Hot	 Rollins	 8:38
 * 2		Kiss and Run	 Coslow	 7:10
 * 3		I Feel a Song Coming On	 Fields, McHugh, Oppenheimer 5:14
 * 4		Count Your Blessings (Instead of sheep)	 Berlin	 2:31
 * 5		Pent-Up House	 Rollins	 8:53


 * release & Re-releases
 * CD	Prestige/OJC	243
 * 1991	LP	Prestige/OJC	243
 * 1991	CS	Prestige/OJC	243
 * 1964	LP	Prestige	7291
 * 1956	 	Prestige	PRLP-7038
 * 1956	 	Prestige	7038
 * Prestige	1524
 * LP	Prestige	7038
 * 1956	 	Prestige/OJC	OJC-243
 * 1991	CD	Original Jazz Classics	243
 * 2006	CD	JVC Victor	41601
 * 2008	CD	Universal	9174
 * 2008	CD	Universal Japan	UCCO9268

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins can I use Wikipedia as a reference?
 * Info about Sonny Rollins at time of recording

Basic Structure of Article
From my observation of the CD articles on Wikipedia, the basic format is
 * history and other trivia
 * track list and song credits
 * musicians (usually referred to as personnel on jazz albums)
 * Summary of some reviews and dates underneath picture of album

So I should probably follow that format, so the bulk of my article will be on the history and release information that precedes the track list and personnel. I can include Sonny's style at the time, what groups he had been playing with, and the general feel jazz had at the time. Also, I will include public reaction to the album (if I can find a reputable source of it).