Sonny Rollins

• LIMITED EDITION - 500 COPIES

• TRASLUCENT BLUE VINYL

Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" in 2017, Saxophone Colossus is a Rollins led quartet album that included pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Max Roach. Saxophone Colossus was released by Prestige Records to critical success and helped establish Rollins as a prominent jazz artist. Originally recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1956.

PERSONNEL:

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

Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1956

TRACKS:

• A1. St. Thomas
• A2. You Don't Know What Love Is
• A3. Strode Rode

• B1. Moritat
• B2. Blue 7