Product details
- Label Prestige
- Artist Sonny Rollins
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2022
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Condition: Sealed (New)
Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins.
In June 1956, over the course of a single afternoon at Rudy Van Gelder's studio, Sonny Rollins committed to tape what many still consider the defining statement of his career. Supervised by Bob Weinstock for Prestige and captured with Van Gelder's characteristic clarity, the session yielded "Blue Seven," a performance whose thematic improvisation became so influential that scholars have dissected it for decades. It's a rare thing when a record earns its reputation not through legend alone but through the sheer inventiveness of what's on the grooves — this one does exactly that.
Rollins plays here at absolute peak form, his tenor commanding and endlessly resourceful, building solos with an architect's logic rather than mere flash. He's supported by a trio that reads him beautifully: Tommy Flanagan's elegant, unhurried piano, Doug Watkins anchoring the low end, and Max Roach responding with the kind of conversational drumming that made him one of the era's true melodic percussionists. The interplay feels alive, spontaneous, and utterly unforced.
This 2022 repressing does the music justice, cut from the analogue masters by respected mastering engineer Kevin Gray and housed in a deluxe high-gloss tip-on jacket with Tom Hannan's cover art and Ira Gitler's original liner notes. The runouts are etched, with "QRP" stamped — small touches that mark a pressing built for collectors who want this landmark done right.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. St. Thomas
A2. You Don't Know What Love Is
A3. Strode Rode
B1. Moritat
B2. Blue Seven
Credits:
Doug Watkins - Bass
Tom Hannan - Cover
Max Roach - Drums
Kevin Gray - Lacquer Cut By, Engineer [Mastering Engineer]
Ira Gitler - Liner Notes [Notes By]
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Rudy Van Gelder - Recorded By
Bob Weinstock - Supervised By [Supervision]
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Saxophone
Notes:
2022 Repressing of the [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9601349-Sonny-Rollins-Saxophone-Colossus]2013 Reissue[/url]
Cut from the analogue masters by mastering engineer Kevin Gray
Deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket
Runouts are etched except "QRP" is stamped.
Artist: Sonny Rollins
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Prestige
Catalog Number: LP 7079
Release Year: 2022
Country: United States
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