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Work TimeSonny Rollins
Release Date: 03/03/2009
Original Release:
1955
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 1061958_CD
UPC # 888072312234
Label: Concord Records (USA)
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Performer: Sonny Rollins
Artist: Max Roach; Ray Bryant; George Morrow Distributor: Universal Distribution Notes: Personnel: Ray Bryant (piano); George Morrow (upright bass); Max Roach (drums). Coaxed out of seclusion in Chicago to replace Harold Land in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet in 1954, this 1955 release was Rollins' first album as a leader since the conclusion of his first self-imposed sabbatical. Roach is on hand in the drummer's seat, spurring Rollins along every step of the way. Not that the tenorist needs much spurring--he comes flying out of the gate on the opening tune, "There's No Business Like Show Business" and doesn't let up for the duration of the session. He takes his first chorus on "Show Business" with only bassist George Morrow for support; when the drums come in he blows ferocious double-time before giving way to Roach's extremely musical solo. Rollins and Roach also work off of each other to great effect on "Raincheck," trading fours on this imaginative selection from the from the Billy Strayhorn catalog. Even on the more relaxed tempo of "There Are Such Things," Rollins' exploration of the changes combines a classic tenor's warm breathy tone with a bebopper's determination to leave no possibility unconsidered. Pianist Ray Bryant's playing is also impeccable throughout.
"Saxophone colossus" is not a bad description for a tenor player who is one of the greatest living jazz artists. Sonny Rollins made his first record date at the age of 19 in the late 1940s, and unlike Parker and Coltrane, the magnitude of his talent was immediately apparent. After strip-mining the hard-bop vein in the early '50s, he absorbed from Monk the notion of using the melody rather than the changes in his improvising. An urbane, sardonic counterpart to Coltrane's incantatory searcher, Rollins is capable of playing hour-long unaccompanied solos of flawless invention with the most powerful sound ever wrung from a saxophone.
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Ackerman, Bob Brown, Clifford (Jazz) Byrd, Donald Carter, James Carter, Ron (Bass) Chambers, Paul Cherry, Don (Trumpet) Coleman, George Coleman, Ornette Coltrane, John Davis, Miles Donaldson, Lou Drew, Kenny Ervin, Booker Garrett, Kenny Getz, Stan Gonzales, Babs Grossman, Steve Hall, Jim Henderson, Joe Higgins, Billy Hill, Buck Humair, Daniel Johnson, J.J. (Trombone) Jones, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Kelly, Wynton LaBarbera, Pat Land, Harold Lovano, Joe McLean, Jackie Mobley, Hank Murray, David Navarro, Fats Powell, Bud Redman, Joshua Roach, Max Shepp, Archie Shorter, Wayne Silver, Horace Surman, John Taylor, Art Turner, Mark Tyner, McCoy Ware, David S.
Influences:
Byas, Don Coleman, Ornette Dameron, Tadd Gordon, Dexter Hawkins, Coleman Jordan, Louis Monk, Thelonious Navarro, Fats Parker, Charlie Stitt, Sonny Webster, Ben Young, Lester
Similar Genres:
Bebop
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