Hard Bop
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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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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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Miles got [Adderley] to shine through ballads and burnished blowing throughout, complementing in fine style while the rest of the crew kept a discreet distance. —
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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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'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis (trumpet), Paul Chambers (bass), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Red Garland (piano), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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The title track is historically significant as the first instance of Davis basing a theme and subsequent improvising around modal scales instead of the usual major and minor, starting him along... —
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Smokin' At The Half Note
Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery (guitar), Paul Chambers (upright bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Wynton Kelly (piano)
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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For the five years he held his Junior Cook-Blue Mitchell quintet together, Silver had the perfect combination of his high-quality tunes and a band that had a magic interpretative touch. They... —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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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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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... —
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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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This Blakey band, and this Blakey album, defined soul jazz. —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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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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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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