The Bridge is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded in 1962.

[7] The saxophonist was joined by the musicians with whom he recorded for the next segment of his career: Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on double bass and Ben Riley on drums.

[8] In 1959, feeling pressured by the unexpected swiftness of his rise to fame, Rollins took a three-year hiatus to focus on perfecting his craft.

[9] Critical reception to the album, which was not the revolutionary new jazz approach many expected, was mixed.

[11] Rollins, who had been considered groundbreaking in his thematic improvisations, was supplanted in critical buzz by the growing popularity of Ornette Coleman's free jazz.