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'Saxophone Colossus' Sonny Rollins
Here's the tracklist
1. 'St. Thomas' (Sonny Rollins)
2. 'You Don't Know What Love Is' (Gene de Paul)
3. 'Strode Rode' (Sonny Rollins)
4. 'Moritat' (Kurt Weill)
5. 'Blue 7' (Sonny Rollins)
In the band
Sonny Rollins; tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan; piano
Doug Watkins; bass
Max Roach; drums
Artist Biography
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.
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For those younger jazz lovers wanting to learn more about the "The Emperor", there is no better place to start than this marvellous album. Highly recommended and a collection necessity.
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