Sonny Rollins

• LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S ITEM

• DE-LUXE 3-CD BOX SET

• COMPLETE RECORDINGS

• 16-PAGE BOOKLET

This release compiles all of Rollins’ known recordings from the March 1959 European tour, presented here for the first time ever on a single set. Included here are many hard to find performances and even a previously unissued set taped in Frankfurt. Pete La Roca was replaced on two occasions by great American drummers who were living in Europe at the time: Joe Harris and Kenny Clarke.

The long unavailable Aix-en-Provence concert with Clarke contains Rollins’ last existing notes before his self-imposed exile from music. This set also contains Rollins´ only existing versions of “A Weaver of Dreams”, “Lady Bird”, “Cocktails for Two”, and “Stay as Sweet as You Are”.

PERSONNEL:

• SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax and HENRY GRIMES, bass, on all tracks, plus:
• CD 1 & CD 2 [1-7]: PETE LA ROCA, drums
• CD2 [8-11]: JOE HARRIS, drums
• CD3: KENNY CLARKE, drums

DATES:

CD 1 [1]: Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2, 1959.

CD 1 [2-7]: Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959.

CD 1 [8-12]: Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959.

CD 2 [1-3]: Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959.

CD 2 [4-7]: Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959.

CD 2 [8-11]: Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959.

CD 3: Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959.

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 73:37
• 01 St. Thomas
• 02 There Will Never Be Another
• 03 Stay As Sweet As You Are
• 04 I’ve Told Every Little Star #1
• 05 How High The Moon
• 06 Oleo
• 07 Paul’s Pal #1
• 08 I Remember You
• 09 I’ve Told Every Little Star #2
• 10 It Could Happen To You
• 11 Oleo #2
• 12 Will You Still Be Mine?

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 51:49 Min.
• 01 I’ve Told Every Little Star #3
• 02 I Want To Be Happy #1
• 03 A Weaver Of Dreams
• 04 It Don’t Mean A Thing #1
• 05 Cocktails For Two
• 06 I’ve Told Every Little Star #4
• 07 I Want To Be Happy #2
• 08 Sonny Rollins Interview
• 09 It Don’t Mean A Thing #2
• 10 Paul’s Pal #2
• 11 Love Letters

• CD 3: TOTAL TIME: 52:08 Min
• 01 Woody ‘N You
• 02 But Not For Me
• 03 Lady Bird