Sonny Rollins

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This release presents Sonny Rollins’ complete LP "Rollins Plays for Bird" (Prestige LP 7095), on which the saxophonist pays homage to the great Charlie Parker, who had died shortly before on March 12, 1955, at the age of 34. The album, which also features Bird’s frequent collaborators Kenny Dorham and Max Roach, consists of a medley of songs either composed or recorded by Parker, plus two tunes not related to him in any way. “The House I Live in”, a song that completes the session but was not included on the original LP, has been added here as a bonus, as well as Sonny Rollins’ only recording session with Bird – a 1953 quintet set led by Miles Davis that was also recorded for Prestige.

PERSONNEL:

SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax
KENNY DORHAM, trumpet
WADE LEGGE, piano
GEORGE MORROW, bass
MAX ROACH, drums

Hackensack, New Jersey, October 5, 1956.

[4-8] BONUS TRACKS:

[4]: From the same session, but not includedon the original LP.
[5-8]: Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker (ts),Miles Davis (tp),
Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Percy Heath (b), Philly Joe Jones (d).
New York, January 30, 1953.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 Medley
- I Remember You
- My Melancholy Baby
- Old Folks
- They Can’t Take That Away
- From Me Just Friends
- My Little Suede Shoes
- Star Eyes
02 Kids Know
03 I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face
04 The House I Live In
05 Compulsion
06 The Serpent’s Tooth [Take 1]
07 The Serpent’s Tooth [Take 2]
08 ‘Round Midnight

TOTAL TIME: 79:20