Sonny Rollins

5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
 

This edition contains the complete original LP Saxophone Colossus (Prestige PR7079), showcasing Sonny Rollins in a quartet setting. Featuring Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Max Roach. As a bonus, the complete album Work Time (Prestige PR7020) – featuring Rollins and Roach again in a quartet format – has been added as a bonus.

Includes 8-page booklet

PERSONNEL:

SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
DOUG WATKINS, bass
MAX ROACH, drums

Hackensack, New Jersey, June 22, 1956.

*Bonus album (6-10): Work Time:
SONNY ROLLINS (ts)
RAY BRYANT (p)
GEORGE MORROW (b)
MAX ROACH (d)
Hackensack, New Jersey, December 2, 1955

Tracks:

01 SAINT THOMAS 6:42
02 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 6:24
03 STRODE RODE 5:11
04 MORITAT 9:57
05 BLUE SEVEN 11:12
06 THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW
BUSINESS 6:15*
07 PARADOX 4:53*
08 RAINCHECK 5:53*
09 THERE ARE SUCH THINGS 9:23*
10 IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME 6:03*

Total time: 71:53
 

Down Beat original review: Saxophone Colossus
“Almost as if in answer to the charge that there is a lack of grace and beauty in the work of the New York hard-swingers comes this album in which Rollins displays humor, gentleness, a delicate feeling for beauty in line, and a puckish sense of humor. I find this entire album excellent on all counts and for all persons concerned (the recorded sound is a gas, by the way).” (Ralph J. Gleason)