Sonny Rollins: Shadow Waltz
Label: SOLAR Catalog: SR4569879 Format: CD Sonny Rollins, tenor sax on all tracks, plus: Oscar Pettiford (b), Max Roach (d), Henry Grimes (b), Specs Wright (d), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d), Paul Chambers (b), Roy Haynes (d), and Philly Joe Jones (d)The Freedom Suite / Someday I’ll Find You / Will You Still Be Mine? / Till There Was You / Shadow Waltz / What’s My Name? / If You Were The Only Girl In The World / Manhattan / I’ll Follow My Secret Heart / The Last Time I Saw Paris / Body And Soul / It Could Happen To You / The Surrey With The Fringe On Top A collection of outstanding trio studio recordings by Sonny Rollins made during 1957-58 - comprising : the complete original LP “Freedom Suite” (Riverside, 1958 ), on which Sonny is backed by such stars as Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach; and an entire session featuring Henry Grimes and Specs Wright, originally ‘Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass’ (on Metro Jazz), that includes an amazing unaccompanied sax improvisation on "Body and Soul". Further isolated trio, duet and solo recordings by Rollins taken from albums featuring bigger groups, compiled here for the first time ever. |