SONNY ROLLINS•SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS•1957 ORIGINAL LP PRESTIGE 7079 446W 50th NYC NM
$
1,800
$ 1800
Sold For
Aug 31, 2015
Sold Date
Aug 21, 2015
Start Date
1
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France
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Description
Tracklist
• ST. THOMAS
•YOU DON´T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
• STRODE RODE
• MORITAT
• BLUE SEVEN
Recording Data
Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1956
Credits
Bass – DOUG WATKINS
Drums – MAX ROACH
Piano – TOMMY FLANAGAN
Tenor Saxophone – SONNY ROLLINS
SONNY ROLLINS RECORDED MANY MEMORABLE SESSIONS DURING 1954 - 1958, BUT
“SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS” IS ARGUABLY HIS FINEST ALL-AROUND SET . . . JOINED BY
PIANIST TOMMY FLANAGAN, BASSIST DOUG WATKINS, AND DRUMMER MAX ROACH,
ROLLINS DEBUTS AND PERFORMS THE DEFINITIVE VERSION OF “ST. THOMAS”, TEARS
INTO THE CHORD CHANGES OF “MACK THE KNIFE” ( HERE CALLED “MORITAT” ),
INTRODUCES “STRODE RODE” IS LYRICAL ON “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS” ,
AND CONSTRUCTS A SOLO ON “BLUE SEVEN” THAT PRACTICALLY DEFINES HIS STYLE.
THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM IS HERE OFFERED FOR SALE IN STUNNING CONDITION
WITH SOLID AND UNMARKED COVER WITH LAMINATED FRONT SIDE. THE RECORD WITH
YELLOW DEEP GROOVE FIREWORKS LABELS SHOWING THE 446 WEST 50TH STREET, N.Y.C.
ADDRESS ON BOTH SIDES DISPLAYS FULL LUSTRE ––– SIDE TWO APPEARS AS JUST PLAYED
ONCE OR TWICE WHILE THE OPPOSITE SHOWS COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL MARKS ON FIRST
TRACK THAT DO NOT AFFECT AT ALL THE STRONG NEAR MINT PLAYBACK EXPERIENCE.
“RVG” AND MATRICES PRLP-7079-A / PRLP-7079-B IN THE TRAIL-OFF DEAD WAX.
