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Saxophone Colossus
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Saxophone Colossus

Sonny Rollins

But Saxophone Colossus towers above them all, not only because it concentrates on a quartet setting allowing undiluted access to the creative process of Sonny at his most inspired, but because... More…
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$7.25

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Contents

Rollins, Sonny: St. Thomas

Work length6:47
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Max Roach (drums), Doug Watkins (double bass)
  • Recorded: 1956-06-22
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio - Hackensack, NJ

Don Raye, Gene de Paul: You Don't Know What Love Is

Work length6:29
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Max Roach (drums), Doug Watkins (double bass)
  • Recorded: 1956-06-22
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio - Hackensack, NJ

Rollins, Sonny: Strode Rode

Work length5:14
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Max Roach (drums), Doug Watkins (double bass)
  • Recorded: 1956-06-22
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio - Hackensack, NJ

Weill, K: Moritat

Work length10:04
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Max Roach (drums), Doug Watkins (double bass)
  • Recorded: 1956-06-22
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio - Hackensack, NJ

Rollins, Sonny: Blue 7

Work length11:17
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Max Roach (drums), Doug Watkins (double bass)
  • Recorded: 1956-06-22
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio - Hackensack, NJ