This Is What I Do (Sonny Rollins album)

This Is What I Do
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	2000
Recorded	May 8, 9 & July 29, 2000
Genre	Jazz, hard bop, straight-ahead jazz, mainstream
Length	48:19
Label	Milestone
Producer	Sonny and Lucille Rollins
Sonny Rollins chronology
Global Warming (1998) This Is What I Do (2000) Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

This Is What I Do is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 2000, featuring performances by Rollins with Clifton Anderson, Stephen Scott, Bob Cranshaw, Jack DeJohnette and Perry Wilson.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson states: "This Is What I Do falls short of essential, but it offers some nice surprises and is a rewarding addition to Rollins' huge catalog."^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a maximum four-star rating and classified it as part of its core collection, stating: "This Is What I Do is unmistakable, and great Sonny Rollins."^[4] The album won a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Salvador" – 7:55
2. "Sweet Leilani" (Harry Owens) – 7:01
3. "Did You See Harold Vick?" – 9:19
4. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 8:06
5. "Charles M." – 10:19
6. "Moon of Manakoora" (Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman) – 5:44

Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York City, on May 8 & 9, 2000, except tracks 3 & 5, recorded on July 29.

Personnel

Musicians

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Clifton Anderson – trombone (except tracks 1 & 6)
• Stephen Scott – piano
• Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums (except tracks 3 & 5)
• Perry Wilson – drums (tracks 3 & 5)

Production

• Troy Halderson – recording engineering
• Mark Fraunfelder – recording assistance
• Jeremy Welsh – recording assistance
• Richard Corsello – remixing engineering
• George Horn – mastering
• Jamie Putnam – art direction, design
• John Abbott – photography (including cover)
• Steve Maruta – photography

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Sonny Rollins discography, accessed September 21, 2009.
3. Henderson, Alex Allmusic review, accessed September 21, 2009.
4. Cook, Richard & Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, p. 1235–36. Penguin.
5. Grammy Past Winners, accessed April 2, 2013.