SONNY ROLLINS - SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

180-GRAM SOLID BLUE VINYL

INCLUDES NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ'S WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS'S PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE

When Sonny Rollins entered the studio to record Saxophone Colossus, one of his more acclaimed albums as a leader, on June 22, 1956, he had already been a regular member of the celebrated Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet for half a year. This fact explains the presence of Max Roach on drums (also featured are Tommy Flanagan on piano and Doug Watkins on bass). Four days later, that group would no longer exist, for on June 26 Clifford Brown was killed in a tragic car accident. Age 26, Rollins was already a well-known jazz figure but after this LP he became a true star. It includes his' first reading of his classic "St. Thomas" and his unforgettable version of  "Moritat / Mack the Knife". 180-GRAM COLORED BLUE VINYL - THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 1 BONUS TRACK *****Down Beat / *****All Music / Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz’s writer Brian Morton and by Paris’ prestigious Jazz Magazine.

SIDE A:

1 SAINT THOMAS 6:44

2 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 6:27

3 STRODE RODE 5:12

4 THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS 2:59*

SIDE B:

1 MORITAT 9:59

2 BLUE 7 11:14

Personnel

SONNY ROLLINS tenor sax

TOMMY FLANAGAN piano

DOUG WATKINS bass

MAX ROACH drums

Hackensack, New Jersey, June 22, 1956.

Original sessions recorded by Rudy Van Gelder

and produced by Bob Weinstock.

*Bonus track: SONNY ROLLINS (ts); PAUL CHAMBERS, bass;

ROY HAYNES, drums. New York, June 19, 1957.