SONNY ROLLINS Volume 1 LP BLUE NOTE 1956 US re BST-81542 DONALD BYRD-MAX ROACH
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SONNY ROLLINS
with DONALD BYRD trumpet; GENE RAMEY bass; MAX ROACH drums; WYNTON KELLY piano
Voted by Miles Davis as the greatest tenor ever, an inventive saxophonist and an astonishing soloist.
Sonny Rollins is the most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop eras, but also one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time. His fluid and harmonically innovative ideas and easily accessible sound have influenced generations of players. Nicknamed "Newk," he served early apprenticeships with bop masters from Bud Powell and Miles Davis to Max Roach & Clifford Brown. After 1956's classic Saxophone Colossus was released, he was heralded as jazz's top tenorist. A year later, after Way Out West and A Night at the Village Vanguard (two pioneering pianoless trio dates), he entered a class of his own -- a reputation he never relinquished. Several of his own compositions, including "Oleo" and "Doxy," are jazz standards."SONNY ROLLINS VOLUME ONE"
<reissue, originally published in late 1956>
LP BLUE NOTE RECORDS STEREO BST 81542
PRINTED IN U.S.A. EARLY-70s REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER + 'LIBERTY' COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
NOTES: Liberty jacket, and blue-on-white division of Liberty disc labels with full personnel and instrumentation on 3-line in small font under track listing on both sides.
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LABEL: BLUE NOTE - BLUE/WHITE LABEL w/WHITE 'BLUE NOTE' LOGO- BLUE TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front) BST 81542 BLP 1542 (spine) BST 81542 (rear) BST-81542
Catalog on labels: BST 81542 (BNST 81542-A) / BST 81542 (BNST 81542-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): BNST 81542-1 114
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): BNST 81542-2 114
On labels: 33 1/3 STEREO LONG PLAYING
Blue Note Records - A Division Of Liberty Records, Inc.
On front cover: © Liberty Records, Inc Printed in U.S.A. Blue Note A Product Of Liberty Records
On back cover: Tracklist & Credits
Notes by Leonard Feather
Recording by Rudy Van Gelder
Users of Wide Range equipment should adjust their controls for RIAA curve.
tracklisting
Side A: DECISION - BLUESNOTE - HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA
Side B: PLAIN JANE - SONNYSPHERE
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
After several incredible dates for Prestige, Rollins moved over to Blue Note to cut a series of studio and live recordings; while not as groundbreaking as his earlier work, the albums still stand out among the many hard bop releases of the day. Upon listening to this, his fine debut for the label, not to mention classics like Saxophone Colossus and Sonny Rollins Plus Four, one almost takes for granted the tenor giant's ability to reel off a nonstop flow of breathtaking solo lines while keeping an overall thematic structure intact. And even though it's not as classic sounding as other Blue Note titles like Vol. 2 or Newk's Time, Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 will satisfy Rollins fans comfortable with a mostly loose and free-flowing set; the hard-swinging originals "Bluesnote" and "Sonnysphere" certainly fit the bill, while the loping blues "Decision" and easy swinger "Plain Jane" up the ante with fetching head statements. Topping things off, Rollins includes one of his singular Broadway song interpretations with the Finian's Rainbow ballad "How Are Things in Glocca Mora." Figuring prominently in the proceedings are veteran bassist Gene Ramey, longtime drummer Max Roach, and then up-and-coming hard bop stars trumpeter Donald Byrd and pianist Wynton Kelly. Maybe not a first-choice disc for Rollins newcomers, but certainly an essential title down the line...(AllMusic)
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