Just Friends

~ Recording by Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Just Friends4:41Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsSonny Meets Hawk!Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsAlbum
RCA VictorLSP-2712
1.4Just Friends4:41Sonny RollinsAll the Things You Are (1963-1964)Sonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)2179-2-RB
1.4Just Friends4:37Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsSonny Meets Hawk!Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsAlbum
BMG France74321221072
1.5Just Friends4:40Sonny RollinsThe Art of SaxophoneSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
BMG France
1.10Just Friends4:40Sonny RollinsRollins ’Round MidnightSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004)
1.5Just Friends4:37Sonny RollinsPlanet Jazz: Sonny RollinsSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor74321 52062 2
4.4Just Friends4:40Sonny RollinsThe Complete RCA Victor RecordingsSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
RCA Victor09026-68675-2
1.6Just Friends4:40Sonny RollinsThe Best of the Complete RCA Victor RecordingsSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-03-07
RCA Victor
1.16Just Friends4:43Coleman HawkinsKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Coleman HawkinsColeman HawkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 085-2
1.4Just Friends4:37Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsSonny Meets Hawk! (RCA Victor Gold Series)Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsAlbum
BMG France74321748002
1.19Just Friends4:41Coleman HawkinsCentennial CollectionColeman HawkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-02-03
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)82876-60086-2
2.4Just Friends4:40Sonny RollinsThe Essential, the RCA YearsSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
RVG
1.4Just Friends4:41Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsSonny Meets Hawk!Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsAlbum
  • GB2007-11-12
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88697145532CD4
1.4Just Friends4:41Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsOriginal Album ClassicsSonny RollinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-06-21
Masterworks Jazz88697 69983 2, 88697 69983 2-JK1, 88697 69983 2-JK2, 88697 69983 2-JK3, 88697 69983 2-JK4, 88697 69983 2-JK5
12.4Just Friends4:40Sonny RollinsThe Perfect Jazz CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2010-06-28
  • GB2010-11-01
Sony Jazz, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697720092, 886977200922-01, 886977200922-02, 886977200922-03, 886977200922-04, 886977200922-05, 886977200922-06, 886977200922-07, 886977200922-08, 886977200922-09, 886977200922-10, 886977200922-11, 886977200922-12, 886977200922-13, 886977200922-14, 886977200922-15, 886977200922-16, 886977200922-17, 886977200922-18, 886977200922-19, 886977200922-20, 886977200922-21, 886977200922-22, 886977200922-23, 886977200922-24, 886977200922-25
1.10Just Friends4:41Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsIch mag keinen Jazz, aber das gefällt mir! Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2012-04-27
  • DE2012-04-27
  • CH2012-04-27
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88691995662
1.4Just Friends4:40Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsSonny Meets Hawk! (2016 Remaster)Sonny Rollins & Coleman HawkinsAlbum
  • US2016-09-30
RCA Victor88985346732

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-18)
double bass [bass]:Henry Grimes (US free jazz bassist) (on 1963-07-18)
drums (drum set):Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-18)
piano:Paul Bley (on 1963-07-18)
tenor saxophone:Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-18)
Sonny Rollins (on 1963-07-18)
recording of:Just Friends (on 1963-07-18: instrumental)

Related works

Just Friends

lyricist:Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:John Klenner
publisher:EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
is the basis for:Jazz Friends