Staying on the Watch


Staying on the Watch is the debut album by jazz musician Sonny Simmons. It was released as ESP-1030 on the ESP-Disk label in 1966. The cover photo used is a reverse negative, displaying Simmons playing left handed against the NYC skyline. Colin Larkin, writing in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz considers it "a masterpiece of new jazz".

Track listing

  1. "Metamorphosis" - 11:38
  2. "A Distant Voice" - 7:23
  3. "City of David" - 15:03
  4. "Interplanetary Travelers" - 9:20

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