• 180- GRAM PURE VIRGIN VINYL

• GATEFOLD PACKAGING

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

Sonny Rollins had already been a regular member of the celebrated Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet for half a year when he entered the studio on June 22, 1956 to record Saxophone Colossus, one of his most acclaimed albums as a leader. Age 26, Rollins was already a well-known jazz figure. He had recorded some albums as a leader but, above all, he had been part of some of the most outstanding combos of the period: the Miles Davis Quintet and the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet. The present album introduced his famous composition “Saint Thomas”.

PERSONNEL:

• Sonny Rollins - tenor sax
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Doug Watkins - bass
• Max Roach - drums

Hackensack, New Jersey, June 22, 1956.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• A4: Sonny Rollins (ts), Jim Hall (g), Bob Cranshaw (b), Harry T. Saunders (d). New York, January 30, 1962.
• B3: Sonny Rollins (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d). New York, October 7, 1953

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1 SAINT THOMAS
• A2 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
• A3 STRODE RODE
• A4 GOD BLESS THE CHILD (*)
• A3 STRODE RODE

• SIDE B:
• B1 MORITAT [aka MACK THE KNIFE]
• B2 BLUE 7
• B3 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (*)