Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins - Work Time (1955)



*Sonny Rollins: Tenor Sax
*Ray Bryant: Piano
*George Morrow: Bass
*Max Roach: Drums
Tracklist:

1-There's No Business Like Show Business
2-Paradox
3-Raincheck
4-There Are Such Things
5-It's All Right With Me

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2007 - Bouncin' His Best Tunes

Artist: Sonny Rollins
Title Of Album: Bouncin' -His Best Tunes
Year Of Release: Feb 20, 2007
Label: Disky Europe / Vintage
Genre: Jazz
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR 144kbps / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 67:06 min
Total Size: 70.98 MB

TRACKLIST
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01 Blue Seven 11:16
02 Mambo Bounce 2:24
03 Paul's Pal 5:10
04 St Thomas 6:47
05 The Way You Look Tonight 5:13
06 When Your Love Has Gone 6:11
07 Strode Rode 5:14
08 You Don't Know What Love Is 6:29
09 It's All Right With Me 6:08
10 Tenor Madness 12:14

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Sonny ROLLINS - This Is What I Do 2000

Recorded: May 9, 10, July 29, 2000 - New York City

Sonny Rollins- Tenor Sax;
Clifton Anderson- Trombone;
Stephen Scott- Piano;
Bob Cranshaw- Electric Bass;
Jack DeJohnette- Drums;
Perry Wilson- Drums.

01. Salvador 7:53
02. Sweet Leilani 7:01
03. Did You See Harold Vick? 9:19
04. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 8:06
05. Charles M. 10:19
06. The Moon Of Manakoora 5:44

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Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard (1957) [1999 Blue Note RVG Remaster]

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1999 Blue Note | 99795 | Jazz / Hard Bop

This CD is often magical. Sonny Rollins, one of jazz's great tenors, is heard at his peak with a pair of piano-less trios (either Wilbur Ware or Donald Bailey on bass and Elvin Jones or Pete La Roca on drums) stretching out on particularly creative versions of "Old Devil Moon," "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise," "Sonnymoon for Two," and "A Night in Tunisia," among others. Not only did Rollins have a very distinctive sound but his use of time, his sly wit, and his boppish but unpredictable style were completely his own by 1957. Originally released as separate albums, A Night at the Village Vanguard was reissued in its entirety, complete with alternate takes, as a two-disc set in 1999; it was part of Blue Note's acclaimed Rudy Van Gelder reissue series.

TRACKLIST
Disk 1:
1. A Night In Tunisia - 8:16
2. I've Got You Under My Skin - 10:03
3. A Night in Tunisia (Evening Take) - 9:03
4. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Alternate Take) - 6:43
5. Four - 8:26
6. Introduction - 0:20
7. Woody 'N' You - 8:29
8. Introduction - 0:36
9. Old Devil Moon - 8:19

Disk 2:
1. What Is This Thing Called Love - 14:03
2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - 8:03
3. Sonnymoon For Two - 8:46
4. I Can't Get Started - 4:54
5. I'll Remember April - 9:20
6. Get Happy - 9:08
7. Striver's Row - 5:59
8. All The Things You Are - 6:46
9. Get Happy (Short Version) - 4:38


PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
Donald Bailey - bass (on CD1 track 1)
Wilbur Ware - bass
Pete La Roca - drums (on CD1 track 1)
Elvin Jones - drums

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Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1987)

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The timeless Way out West established Sonny Rollins as jazz's top tenor saxophonist (at least until John Coltrane surpassed him the following year). Joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, Rollins is heard at one of his peaks on such pieces as "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)," his own "Way out West," "There Is No Greater Love," and "Come, Gone" (a fast stomp based on "After You've Gone"). The William Claxton photo of Rollins wearing Western gear (and holding his tenor) in the desert is also a classic. The Contemporary re-release appends three bonus tracks, all of them alternate takes.

TRACKLIST
1. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) (Mercer) 5:42
2. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) (alt take) (Mercer) 10:09
3. Solitude (DeLange, Ellington, Mills) 7:52
4. Come, Gone (alt take) (Rollins) 7:53
5. Come, Gone (Rollins) 10:29
6. Wagon Wheels (DeRose, Hill) 10:11
7. There Is No Greater Love (Jones, Symes) 5:17
8. Way Out West (Rollins) 6:30
9. Way Out West (alt take) (Rollins) 6:37

PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins: tenor sax
Ray Brown: Bass
Shelly Manne: Drums


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Sonny Rollins: Sonny Please (2007)

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Most musicians would at least be considering the idea of retirement by the time they reach their mid-seventies, but most musicians aren't Sonny Rollins. After a five-year recording hiatus, Rollins returned from a Japanese tour and took his band into the studio to cut Sonny, Please. It's the first release on his own Doxy label, coming after a monumental 35-year stay at Milestone that produced some of the most forward-looking, trend-setting jazz ever captured on tape. It would be a stretch to say that Rollins is still the innovator he was in the '50s and '60s, but it would be a mistake to underestimate his capabilities as an elder, because Sonny, Please is a respectable, occasionally brilliant effort. It doesn't hurt that Rollins surrounds himself with such fine players as his perennial bassist Bob Cranshaw, with whom he has worked since his late '50s comeback from an extended vacation; the ubiquitous drummer Steve Jordan; trombonist Clifton Anderson (who is Rollins' nephew); guitarist Bobby Broom; and percussionist Kimati Dinizulu. As supportive as they all are, though, Rollins remains the focus, blowing his sax as assuredly as ever, if with a little less abandon than during his heyday. Rollins splits the program between new self-composed tunes -- among which "Nishi" and the opening title track are the most exhilarating -- and standards, including "Stairway to the Stars" and Noël Coward's "Someday I'll Find You." Rollins' soloing is, as ever, full of both fire and fancy. The album closer, the tropical-toned original "Park Palace Parade," is somewhat typical: Rollins' tenor glides effortlessly from the start, exploring the tune's melodic nuances. He takes a break while Broom peels out tasty licks, then Rollins returns to approach the song from another angle. Most of his playing here is relatively easygoing. Rollins still enjoys taking it to the limit, just not as often as he once did. He doesn't need to, though; with nothing left to prove, he can afford to stand back and just enjoy being Sonny Rollins.


TRACKLIST
1. Sonny, Please (Rollins)
2. Someday I'll Find You
3. Nishi (Rollins)
4. Stairway to the Stars
5. Remembering Tommy (Rollins)
6. Serenade
7. Park Palace Parade (Rolllins)

PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins Tenor Saxophone
Clifton Anderson Trombone
Bobby Broom Guitar
Bob Cranshaw Bass
Steve Jordan Drums
Kimati Dinizulu Percussion
Joe Corsello Drums

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Sonny Rollins - And The Contemporary Leaders (1988)

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TRACKLIST
1. I've Told Ev'ry Little Star (Hammerstein, Kern) 5:28
2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Lewis, Schwartz, Young) 4:55
3. How High the Moon (Hamilton, Lewis) 7:45
4. You (Adamson, Donaldson) 4:16
5. I've Found a New Baby (Palmer, Williams) 3:40
6. I've Found a New Baby (alt take) (Palmer, Williams) 4:25
7. Alone Together (Dietz, Schwartz) 6:01
8. In the Chapel in the Moonlight (Hill) 6:41
9. The Song Is You (Hammerstein, Kern) 5:44
10. The Song Is You (alt take) (Hammerstein, Kern) 6:11


PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins: tenor sax
Hampton Hawes: piano
Barney Kessel: guitar
Leroy Vinnegar: Bass
Shelly Manne: Drums
Victor Feldman: Vibraphone (on "You" only)


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Sonny Rollins - The Sound Of Sonny (1987)

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A new phase in Sonny Rollins' career began in 1957. He started what was at the time an almost blasphemous trend of recording for a number of different labels. His pioneering spirit yielded a few genre-defining albums, including this disc. His performances were also at a peak during 1957 as Down Beat magazine proclaimed him the Critics' Poll winner under the category of "New Star" of the tenor saxophone. This newfound freedom can be heard throughout the innovations on The Sound of Sonny. Not only are Rollins' fluid solos reaching newly obtained zeniths of melodic brilliance, but he has also begun experimenting with alterations in the personnel from tune to tune. Most evident on this platter is "The Last Time I Saw Paris" -- which is piano-less -- and most stunning of all is Rollins' unaccompanied tenor solo performance on "It Could Happen to You." Indeed, this rendering of the Jimmy Van Heusen standard is the highlight of the disc. That isn't to say that the interaction between Sonny Clark (piano), Roy Haynes (drums), and bassists Percy Heath and Paul Chambers -- who is featured on "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and "What Is There to Say" -- is not top-shelf. Arguably, it is Rollins and Heath -- the latter, incidentally, makes his East Coast debut on this album -- who set the ambience for The Sound of Sonny. There is an instinctually pervasive nature as they weave into and back out of each others' melody lines, only to emerge with a solo that liberates the structure of the mostly pop standards. This is a key component in understanding the multiplicities beginning to surface in Rollins' highly underappreciated smooth bop style.

TRACKLIST
1. The Last Time I Saw Paris (Hammerstein, Kern) 2:58
2. Just in Time (Comden, Green, Styne) 3:59
3. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye (Erdman, Fio Rito, Kahn, King) 4:25
4. What Is There to Say? (Duke, Harburg) 4:56
5. Dearly Beloved (Kern, Mercer) 3:05
6. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Porter) 3:23
7. Cutie (Hefti, Styne) 5:54
8. It Could Happen to You (Burke, VanHeusen) 3:47
9. Mangos (Libby, Wayne) 5:34
10. Funky Hotel Blues (Rollins) 6:00

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Sonny Rollins - Plus 4

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Jazz | Lossless FLAC | 1957 | Covers | Log | EAC | RS & MU | 190MB


In 1956 Sonny Rollins used the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet (of which he was a member) as his sidemen for this Prestige set. The high points of this particularly strong hard bop set include "Valse Hot" (an early jazz waltz), a rapid rendition of "I Feel a Song Coming On," and Rollins's classic "Pent-Up House." Trumpeter Brown (heard on one of his final sessions) is in excellent form, as is the strong rhythm section and the young tenor-leader himself. This excellent music is also included as part of Rollins's seven-CD box set for Prestige.

TRACKLIST
1. Valse Hot
2. Kiss and Run
3. Count Your Blessings
4. I Feel a Song Coming On
5. Pent-Up House

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Sonny Rollins with Thelonious Monk & Kenny Dorham - Moving Out (1954) / 2009 Prestige Rudy Van Gelder Remaster

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Following on the heels of his magisterial work with Miles Davis on BAGS' GROOVE, Sonny Rollins entered Van Gelder Studios with a fire-breathing quintet on August 18, 1954, resulting in four of the five selections which make up MOVING OUT. This session might just as well have been titled "Busting Out," because MOVING OUT represents a breakthrough for Rollins as a bandleader and an improviser.
Rollins really stretches out on the title tune and "Swingin' For Bumsy," playing with a new-found rhythmic command and melodic authority--spreading his wings and flying with Bird-like harmonic declamations, and a dramatic flair all his own. The oft-neglected Kenny Dorham proves a brash soaring foil, but it is the legendary pianist Elmo Hope who really arouses the Heath Blakey axis. Hope's dense, dancing accompaniements prod the soloists into uncharted waters, while his limber, sprawling improvisations represent a singular school of modern piano, occupying a space somewhere between Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. On the ballad "Silk N' Satin," Hope's brief interlude provides a dark spiritual contrast to Rollins' romantic yearning, while his blues shouts and broad harmonic brushstrokes on "Solid" inspire Rollins to really dig in and shout.

TRACKLIST
1. Moving Out
2. Swingin' for Bumsy
3. Silk 'N' Satin
4. Solid
5. More Than You Know

PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Elmo Hope, Thelonious Monk (piano); Percy Heath, Tommy Potter (bass); Art Blakey, Arthur Taylor (drums)


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Sonny Rollins - The Impulse Story

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Compilation. Impulse!
Jazz | Recorded 1965-1966 | Released 2006

Sonny Rollins issued only three albums on the Impulse! label, all of them recorded between 1965 and 1966. This volume in The Impulse Story series features three tracks each from Sonny Rollins on Impulse!, Alfie (the music included consists of re-recorded titles he wrote for the score), and East Broadway Run Down. These three albums feature Rollins in a number of settings. The numbers from Alfie were recorded with a ten-piece band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. The On Impulse! tunes were recorded with ace drummer Mickey Roker, pianist Ray Bryant, and bassist Walter Booker. East Broadway Run Down features the great saxophonist in the company of Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, and Freddie Hubbard on the title track. What they all reveal is an artist at the absolute top of his game as an improviser and as a composer. Rollins' star may have shone differently from Coltrane's during these years, but just as brightly. The standout cuts on this set are the the standard "On Green Dolphin Street," "Alfie's Theme," and the stunning 20-plus-minute "East Broadway Run Down," with Rollins blowing further out than he ever had on one of his own records.

TRACKLIST
1. Three Little Words 6:56
2. On Green Dolphin Street 7:08
3. Hold 'Em Joe 5:29
4. Alfie's Theme 9:42
5. Street Runner With Child 3:59
6. On Impulse 4:30
7. East Broadway Run Down 20:25
8. We Kiss In A Shadow 5:39

PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Oliver Nelson, Ray Bryant (piano); Elvin Jones (drums)


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Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness

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Jazz | Lossless WavPack | 1956 | Covers | Log&Cue | EAC | Megaupload | 200MB


At a time when he was a member of the legendary Clifford Brown/Max Roach sextet, Sonny Rollins was still the apple fallen not too far from the tree of Miles Davis. Tenor Madness was the recording that, once and for all, established Newk as one of the premier tenor saxophonists, an accolade that in retrospect, has continued through six full decades and gives an indication why a young Rollins was so well liked, as his fluency, whimsical nature, and solid construct of melodies and solos gave him the title of the next Coleman Hawkins or Lester Young of mainstream jazz. With the team of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones, staples of that era's Miles Davis combos, Rollins has all the rhythmic ammunition to cut loose, be free, and extrapolate on themes as only he could, and still can. This is most evident on his version of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," started in its normal choppy waltz time, followed by a sax/drums prelude, a drum solo from Jones, and steamed from there on in, a hot 4/4 romp. Garland is particularly outstanding for keeping up the pace, depth and placement on this one. A bluesy version of "When Your Lover Has Gone," again enlivened by Jones, and the legendary title track with Rollins and John Coltrane trading long solos, and fours with Jones, are tunes that in the mid-'50s defined the parlance "blowing session." "Paul's Pal," in tribute to Chambers, has become a standard in its own right with a bright, memorable melody showing the good humor of Rollins, especially on the second time through, while the saxophonist's ability to sing vocal like tones through his horn is no better evinced as during the light ballad "My Reverie." A recording that should stand proudly alongside Saxophone Colossus as some of the best work of Sonny Rollins in his early years, it's also a testament to the validity, vibrancy, and depth of modern jazz in the post-World War era. It belongs on everybody's shelf.

TRACKLIST
1. Tenor Madness (Sonny Rollins) 12:15
2. When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar A. Swan) 6:12
3. Paul's Pal (Sonny Rollins) 5:12
4. My Reverie (Larry Clinton/Claude Debussy) 6:08
5. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) 5:35

PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins (Tenor Saxophone)
John Coltrane (Tenor Saxophone)
Red Garland (Piano)
Paul Chambers (Double Bass)
Philly Joe Jones (Drums)

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Sonny Rollins - Without a Song. The 9-11 Concert (2005)

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Recorded on September 15th, 2001, WITHOUT A SONG is a live recording by jazz icon Sonny Rollins, observing the World Trade Center disaster that occurred just four days prior to the concert. Rollins was one of the few musicians from jazz's golden age still performing with a sense of vitality, and that is especially clear on this recording, which is imbued with the gravity appropriate to the aforementioned tragedy.
Yet the proceedings are never overwhelmed by pathos or grief. Instead, Rollins and his five-piece ensemble offer spirited takes on the standards "Where or When" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," and Rollins's own Latin-inflected "Global Warming." The wit, range, and dexterity that made the saxophonist's name are in evidence throughout, making WITHOUT A SONG a fine showcase for his talents and a testament to the uplifting power of music in the face of dark times.

TRACKLIST
1. Without a Song
2. Global Warming
3. Introductions
4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
5. Why Was I Born?
6. Where or When

PERSONNEL
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Stephen Scott (piano, kalimba); Bob Cranshaw (bass guitar); Perry Wilson (drums); Kimati Dinizulu (percussion)


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Sonny Rollins - The Solo Album (1985)

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Jazz | Lossless APE | 270MB
Sonny Rollins - tenor sax

This recording is a dream come true for Sonny Rollins fans, as Rollins presents an entire program without accompaniment in what must have been the ideal setting of the Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden. As expected, Rollins drops allusions all over the place and spins core melodic ideas into extended variations. The real fun, though, is simply getting caught up in the inspired whirl of the Rollins imagination as it darts here and there, managing to be both coherent and unpredictable in a manner that has earned him recognition as the music's supreme improviser. The enthusiastic audience, delighted to be along for the ride, even gets into the act at the close of this colossal solo session.

TRACKLIST
1. Soloscope, Pt. 1 (28:15)
2. Soloscope, Pt. 2 (27:55)


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Sonny Rollins - Road Shows vol.1 (2008)

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mp3 320 kbps | 44.1 Khz | Joint Stereo | 71 min 42 sec | 170.4 mb
Label: Emarcy / Pgd | Genre: Jazz | October 28, 2008


Sonny Rollins’ Roadshows Vol. 1 captures seven live performances of the saxophone colossus between 1980 and 2007. The tracks, which were chosen by Rollins himself, are part of an effort to document highlights from his numerous tours in the last three decades. Roadshows Vol. 1 contains remarkable playing that demonstrates the results of Rollins’ evolution from a hard bop saxophonist to a truly unique voice.

TRACKLIST
01. Best Wishes
02. More Than You Know
03. Blossom
04. Easy Living
05. Tenor Madness
06. Nice Lady
07. Some Enchanted Evening

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Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1989)

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Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins' last Riverside album was reissued on this Original Jazz Classics CD. Jamming in a pianoless trio with bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Max Roach, Rollins is very creative, stretching out on his lengthy "Freedom Suite," clearly enjoying investigating the obscure Noel Coward melody "Someday I'll Find You," turning the show tune "Till There Was You" into jazz, and finding beauty in "Shadow Waltz" and "Will You Still Be Mine?" A near masterpiece.

TRACKLIST
1. The Freedom Suite (Rollins) 19:17
2. Someday I'll Find You (Coward) 4:35
3. Will You Still Be Mine? (Adair, Dennis) 2:54
4. Till There Was You (take 4) (Willson) 4:54
5. Till There Was You (take 3) (Willson) 4:55
6. Shadow Waltz (Dubin, Warren) 4:08

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Sonny Rollins: tenor sax
Oscar Pettiford: Bass
Max Roach: Drums


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Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956) / 2006 Rudy Van Gelder Remaster

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Sonny Rollins’s Saxophone Colossus, consistently included on lists of the greatest jazz albums, showcases virtually every brilliant aspect of his complex musical personality.

Rollins fronted a foursome including Tommy Flanagan, the consummate accompanist and an always-engaging piano soloist, Doug Watkins, one the supreme time-players of his day, and drummer Max Roach, whose radar-eared work was nothing short of miraculous. Though by the mid-1950s he was considered the up-and-coming young tenor man, Rollins (b. 1930) hit his stride as never before, forging such epochal performances as his signature calypso “St. Thomas” (in its debut recording), the sardonically witty “Moritat” (aka “Mack the Knife”), and especially the original minor-key blues opus “Blue 7,” wherein Rollins’s “thematic improvisation” came to the fore.


TRACKLIST
1. St. Thomas 6:45
2. You Don't Know What Love Is 3:39
3. Strode Rode 5:13
4. Moritat 7:40
5. Blue 7 11:17


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