Saxophone Colossus
Saxophone Colossus
Saxophone Colossus

Saxophone Colossus

Sonny Rollins
  • CD

  • 1

  • 38050

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3 PANEL DIGIPACK EDITION

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE


2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

When Sonny Rollins entered the studio to record Saxophone Colossus (Prestige PRLP-7079), 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 also explains the presence of Roach. Four days later, that group would no longer exist, for on June 26 both Clifford Brown and the band’s pianist Ritchie Powell were killed in a tragic car accident. Age 26, Rollins was already a well-known jazz figure. He had recorded some albums as a leader but, above all, he had been part of one of the most outstanding combos of the period: the Miles Davis Quintet. Saxophone Colossus presents Rollins leading an all-star quartet that includes pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and, as said before, drummer Max Roach. The album enjoyed great critical success from the start and helped establish Rollins as a prominent jazz artist. The saxophonist’s complete LP Worktime (Prestige PRLP 7020) has been added as a bonus.


PERSONNEL:

SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
DOUG WATKINS, bass
MAX ROACH, drums

Hackensack, New Jersey, June 22, 1956.

(*) BONUS ALBUM (6-10): WORK TIME
Sonny Rollins (ts), Ray Bryant (p), George Morrow (b), Max Roach (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, December 2, 1955.

TRACKS:

01 SAINT THOMAS
02 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
03 STRODE RODE
04 MORITAT
05 BLUE SEVEN
06 THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (*)
07 PARADOX (*)
08 RAINCHECK (*)
09 THERE ARE SUCH THINGS (*)
10 IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME (*)

TOTAL TIME: 72:56 Min.

Format
CD
Discs
1
Label code
38050
JIM 154431

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