Sonny Rollins
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Although late-50s Rollins may be the stuff to get the critics panting, this was the template for all future Rollins creative ventures, whether they be avant-garde or retro or just plain Sonny.... —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
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Saxophone Colossus
RecommendedRudy Van Gelder Remaster
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Max Roach (drums), Doug Watkins (double bass)
But Saxophone Colossus towers above them all, not only because it concentrates on a quartet setting allowing undiluted access to the creative process of Sonny at his most inspired, but because... —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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But Saxophone Colossus towers above them all, not only because it concentrates on a quartet setting allowing undiluted access to the creative process of Sonny at his most inspired, but because... —
Awards:
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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The first new Monk album to receive more than a guarded welcome in the press, the praise was entirely justified. Unlike his first two Riverside releases, respectively of Ellington standards... —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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A Night At The Village Vanguard
RecommendedSonny Rollins (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Wilbur Ward (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Go West!: the Contemporary Records Albums
RecommendedSonny Rollins (tenorsaxophone), Ray Brown (bassguitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Hampton Hawes (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bassguitar), Victor Feldman (vibraphone)
The Craft package is excellently remastered (of course) and, if you don't know this music already, now's the time to find out. —
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Jazzwise, Recommended Reissue/Archive, August 2023
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New. Miles '56
Miles Davis (trumpet), Sonny Rollins (tenorsaxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Paul Chambers (uprightbass), Art Taylor (drumkit), Red Garland (piano), Philly Joe Jones (drumkit), John Coltrane (tenorsaxophone)
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