Pianist Ray Bryant's playing is also impeccable throughout. Even on the more relaxed tempo of "There Are Such Things," Rollins' exploration of the changes combines a classic tenor's warm breathy tone with a bebopper's determination to leave no possibility unconsidered. Rollins and Roach also work off of each other to great effect on "Raincheck," trading fours on this imaginative selection from the from the Billy Strayhorn catalog. He takes his first chorus on "Show Business" with only bassist George Morrow for support when the drums come in he blows ferocious double-time before giving way to Roach's extremely musical solo. Not that the tenorist needs much spurring-he comes flying out of the gate on the opening tune, "There's No Business Like Show Business" and doesn't let up for the duration of the session. Roach is on hand in the drummer's seat, spurring Rollins along every step of the way. Worktime, which also features Max Roach, was a quartet set recorded at the tail end of 1955, when Rollins was in the process of joining the Brown-Roach quintet.Coaxed out of seclusion in Chicago to replace Harold Land in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet in 1954, this 1955 release was Rollins' first album as a leader since the conclusion of his first self-imposed sabbatical. In 19 he worked again with Monk and in the last months of 1955 he joined the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet (recordings made by this group have been released as Sonny Rollins Plus 4 and Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street Rollins also plays on half of More Study in Brown). SONNY ROLLINS ORIGINAL Album Klassiker 5 CD Box Set versiegelt neuwertig 41 Tracks Brücke - EUR 14,92. ZU VERKAUFEN Also note that unless stated my cds are not new, they are 334819119149. He began to make a name for himself as he recorded with the Modern Jazz Quartet and with Miles Davis in 1951, taping his composition “Oleo” among others. SONNY ROLLINS ORIGINAL Album Klassiker 5 CD Box Set versiegelt neuwertig 41 Tracks Brücke - EUR 14,92. Rollins himself initially feared sobriety would impair his musicianship, but then went on to greater success. Rollins already had such albums to his name as Worktime and Sonny Rollins Plus 4 in addition to. While there he was a volunteer for the then experimental methadone therapy and was able to break his heroin habit. Tenor Madness was the recording that, once and for all. He was assigned to the Federal Medical Center, in Lexington, which was the only assistance in the U.S. In 1952, he was arrested for violating the terms of his parole by using heroin. He spent 10 months in Rikers Island jail before being released on parole. In 1950, Rollins was arrested for armed robbery and given a sentence of three years. In his recordings through 1954, he played with such important figures as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. His first recordings (with Babs Gonzalez) date back to 1949, the same year in which he also recorded with J.J. Coaxed out of seclusion in Chicago to replace Harold Land in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet in 1954, this 1955 release was Rollins first album as a. During his high-school years, he played in a band with other future jazz legends, Jackie McLean and Kenny Drew. Meyer) 9:23Ģ IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME (Cole Porter) 6:03ģ COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS (Irving Berlin) 2:31*īorn in New York in 1930, Sonny Rollins started as a pianist, switched to alto sax, and finally found the tenor in 1946. He had already played and/or recorded with bebop giants Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and J.J. Even then, at age 26, the title seemed fitting. Hackensack, New Jersey, December 2, 1955.ġ THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (Irving Berlin) 6:15ġ THERE ARE SUCH THINGS (Stanley Adams-Abel Baer-George W. The revered tenor saxophonist first received that appellation via the name of his 1956 album of that title. VINYL SALE: 20% Off on selected vinyl titles!.Free Jazz & Avant-Garde CD Up to 50% Discounts!.Jazzology: American Jazz Treasures on CD.BLOWOUT SALE! CD DISCOUNTS UP TO 60%!!!.Waxtime Colored Classic LPs & Special Vinyl Editions.Supper Club: Female Vocal Jazz on Vinyl.Jazz, Funk & Soul 7 Inch Collector's Editions.Rare Jazz Vinyl, Sonny Rollins, MOMA, Me & Bob Porter. Easy Listening, Exotica, Soundtracks & Library Music records from the same seller: Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness, Prestige 7047.Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock, Canterbury Sound, RIO & other deviances.containing two albums by the Jazz great on one disc: Saxophone Colossus (1956) and Work Time (1955). Afro-Jazz, Disco-Funk, Soul-Jazz & Global Sounds Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus + Work Time.J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan + Related Japanese Music.Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Contemporary Music, Ambient & Minimalism.Spiritual Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Funk & Modal.Easy Listening, Exotica, Soundtracks, Chanson, Folk & Pop.R&B - Soul - Funk - R n' R - Folk & Country.
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