• A COLLECTION OF OUTSTANDING TRIO STUDIO RECORDINGS MADE DURING 1957-58.

This release presents a collection of outstanding trio studio recording by Sonny Rollins made during 1957-1958. Comprised here are the complete original LP Freedom Suite (Riverside RLP12-258) in which Sonny is backing by such stars as Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach; an entire session featuring Henry Grimes and Specs Wright (that includes an amazing unaccompanied sax improvisation on "Body and Soul"); snd further isolated trio, duet snd solo recordings by Rollins taken from albums featuring bigger groups that have been compiled here for the first time ever.

PERSONNEL:

• SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax On all tracks, plus:

• ON TRACKS [1-5]:
• OSCAR PETERSON (b), MAX ROACH (d).
• New York, February 27 & March 7, 1958.

• ON TRACKS [6-8] & [11]:
• HENRY GRIMES (b); SPECS WRIGHT (d).

• ON TRACK [9] SONNY ROLLINS, solo tenor sax.
• New York, July 10, 1958.

• ON TRACK [9]:
• PERCY HEATH (b); CONNIE KAY (d).
• Live at Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, August 3, 1958.

• ON TRACK [10]:
• PAUL CHAMBERS (b), ROY HAYNES (d).
• New York, June 19, 1957.

• ON TRACK [12]:
• SONNY ROLLINS, solo tenor sax. New York, June 12, 1957.

• ON TRACK [13]:
• PHILLY JOE JONES (d). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 22, 1957.

TRACKS:

• 01. The Freedom Suite
• 02. Someday I'll Find You
• 03. Will You Still Be Mine?
• 04. Till There Was You
• 05. Shadow Waltz
• 06. What's My Name?
• 07. If You Were the Only Girl in the World
• 08. Manhattan
• 09. I'll Follow My Secret Heart
• 10. The Last Time I Saw Paris
• 11. Body and Soul
• 12. It Could Happen to You
• 13. The Surrey with the Fringe on To