The Solo Album is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 featuring a solo performance

Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 by jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 saxophonist Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...

 recorded at the Sculpture Garden of the Museum Of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...

 in New York City

New York City

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 and released on the Milestone

Milestone Records

Milestone Records is a United States based jazz record label, founded in 1966 by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was incorporated into Fantasy Records in 1972, since then it has been used for reissues as well as for new recordings....

 label in 1985.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

calls the album "One of the few complete duds of Sonny Rollins' career, this rambling live session is a major disappointment... it sounds as if Rollins were merely warming up, playing whatever came into his mind without any thought of developing a coherent statement".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins

1. "Soloscope, Part 1" - 28:15
2. "Soloscope, Part 2" - 27:55
   • Recorded at the Sculpture Garden of the Museum Of Modern Art, NYC on July 19, 1985