Prestige – PRLP 7038Rec. Date : March 22, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Richie PowellTrumpet : Clifford Brown Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #167March 22, 1956Full Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 08/25/1956Score of 80 Altho Rollins gets top billing here (for contractual reasons) this is…
Prestige – PRLP 7029Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951, October 7, 1953 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy HeathDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Miles Davis, Kenny Drew, John LewisVibes : Milt Jackson Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #39January 17, 1951Listening to Prestige : #55December…
Prestige – PRLP 7025Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, February 19, 1953 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Leonard GaskinDrums : Roy Haynes, Kenny ClarkePiano : John LewisTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot SimsTrombone : Bennie Green, Sonny Truitt Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #39January 17, 1951Listening to Prestige…
Prestige – PRLP 7023Rec. Dates : May 26, 1949, August 23, 1949, October 5, 1951 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie GreenBaritone Sax : Gerry Mulligan, Rudy WilliamsBass : Leonard Gaskin, Curley Russell, Tommy PotterDrums : Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art BlakeyPiano : John Lewis, George Wallington, Teddy BrannonTenor Sax :…
Prestige – PRLP 7020Rec. Date : December 2, 1955 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Ray Bryant Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #159December 2, 1955 Billboard : 04/07/1956Score of 76 Some facets of Rollins’ work have never been brought out adequately until this issue. There are…
Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums…
Prestige – PRLP 7012Rec. Date : October 5, 1951 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Tommy PotterDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #51October 5, 1951 Billboard : 02/04/1956Score of 75 Some rewarding, sometimes dazzling post-bop jazz featuring three…
Blue Note – BLP 1581Rec. Date : November 3, 1957 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Donald Bailey, Wilbur WareDrums : Pete La Roca, Elvin Jones Strictlyheadies : 04/25/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 02/17/1958Four stars Recorded “live,” the boss of the “hard” school of modern tenormen, Sonny Rollins, turns in his usual high-level performances. With just bass – Wilbur Ware – and…
Blue Note – BLP 1558Rec. Date : April 14, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTrombone : J.J. Johnson Billboard : 10/28/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Rollins’ second Blue Note LP is another essential volume for the modernist collector trade. Supporting names to…
Blue Note – BLP 1542Rec. Date : December 16, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Gene RameyDrums : Max RoachPiano : Wynton KellyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 03/30/1957Jazz Special Merit Album Any listener jaded with the sameness of the modern sounds can freshen up with this one. Here’s some of…
