• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• 5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

This release presents the complete original album Three Giants ! (Prestige LP7821), which is a reissue of Sonny Rollins Plus Four. It presents some of the best recordings by the great quintet fronted by Clifford Brown, Max Roach and Sonny Rollins, Their only other studio album, Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street ( EmArcy MG36070), have ben added here in its entirety as a bonus. This LP has received a **** 1/2 rating on Down Beat.

PERSONNEL:

• CLIFFORD BROWN, trumpet
• SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax
• RICHIE POWELL, piano
• GEORGE MORROW, bass
• MAX ROACH, drums

(1-5) Hackensack, New Jersey, March 22, 1957.

(6-8) New York, February 4, 1956.

(9-14) New York, February 16, 1956.

TRACKS:

• 01. Valse Hot
• 02. Kiss and Run
• 03. I Feel A Song Coming On
• 04. Count Your Blessings
• 05. Pent-Up House
• 06. Gertrude's Bounce
• 07. Step Lightly (Junior Arrival)
• 08. Powell's Prances
• 09. I'll Remember April
• 10. Time
• 11. The Scene Is Clean
• 12. Flossie Lou
• 13. What Is This Thing Called Love?
• 14. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing