Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet - Album
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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins Born September 7 1930 Is An American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Who Is Widely Recognized As One Of The Most Important And Influential Jazz Musicians. In A Seven-Decade Career He Has Recorded Over Sixty Albums As A Leader. A Number Of His Compositions Including "St. Thomas" "Oleo" "Doxy" "Pent-Up House" And "Airegin" Have Become Jazz Standards. Rollins Has Been Called "the Greatest Living Improviser" And The "Saxophone Colossus". Rollins Was Born In New York City To Parents From The United States Virgin Islands. The Youngest Of Three Siblings He Grew Up In Central Harlem And On Sugar Hill Receiving His First Alto Saxophone At The Age Of Seven Or Eight. He Attended Edward W. Stitt Junior High School And Graduated From Benjamin Franklin High School In East Harlem. Rollins Started As A Pianist Changed To Alto Saxophone And Finally Switched To Tenor In 1946. During His High School Years He Played In A Band With Other Future Jazz Legends Jackie McLean Kenny Drew And Art Taylor. As A Saxophonist He Had Initially Been Attracted To The Jump And R&B Sounds Of Performers Like Louis Jordan But Soon Became Drawn Into The Mainstream Tenor Saxophone Tradition. The German Critic Joachim Berendt Described This Tradition As Sitting Between The Two Poles Of The Strong Sonority Of Coleman Hawkins And The Light Flexible Phrasing Of Lester Young Which Did So Much To Inspire The Fleet Improvisation Of Bebop In The 1950s. Other Tenor Saxophone Influences Include Ben Webster And Don Byas. By His Mid-Teens Rollins Became Heavily Influenced By Alto Saxophonist Charlie Parker. During His High School Years He Was Mentored By The Pianist And Composer Thelonious Monk Often Rehearsing At Monk's Apartment. Rollins Has Played At Various Times A Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone And A Buescher Aristocrat. During The 1970s He Recorded On Soprano Saxophone For The Album Easy Living. His Preferred Mouthpieces Are Made By Otto Link And Berg Larsen. He Uses Frederick Hemke Medium Reeds.
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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins Born September 7 1930 Is An American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Who Is Widely Recognized As One Of The Most Important And Influential Jazz Musicians. In A Seven-Decade Career He Has Recorded Over Sixty Albums As A Leader. A Number Of His Compositions Including "St. Thomas" "Oleo" "Doxy" "Pent-Up House" And "Airegin" Have Become Jazz Standards. Rollins Has Been Called "the Greatest Living Improviser" And The "Saxophone Colossus". Rollins Was Born In New York City To Parents From The United States Virgin Islands. The Youngest Of Three Siblings He Grew Up In Central Harlem And On Sugar Hill Receiving His First Alto Saxophone At The Age Of Seven Or Eight. He Attended Edward W. Stitt Junior High School And Graduated From Benjamin Franklin High School In East Harlem. Rollins Started As A Pianist Changed To Alto Saxophone And Finally Switched To Tenor In 1946. During His High School Years He Played In A Band With Other Future Jazz Legends Jackie McLean Kenny Drew And Art Taylor. As A Saxophonist He Had Initially Been Attracted To The Jump And R&B Sounds Of Performers Like Louis Jordan But Soon Became Drawn Into The Mainstream Tenor Saxophone Tradition. The German Critic Joachim Berendt Described This Tradition As Sitting Between The Two Poles Of The Strong Sonority Of Coleman Hawkins And The Light Flexible Phrasing Of Lester Young Which Did So Much To Inspire The Fleet Improvisation Of Bebop In The 1950s. Other Tenor Saxophone Influences Include Ben Webster And Don Byas. By His Mid-Teens Rollins Became Heavily Influenced By Alto Saxophonist Charlie Parker. During His High School Years He Was Mentored By The Pianist And Composer Thelonious Monk Often Rehearsing At Monk's Apartment. Rollins Has Played At Various Times A Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone And A Buescher Aristocrat. During The 1970s He Recorded On Soprano Saxophone For The Album Easy Living. His Preferred Mouthpieces Are Made By Otto Link And Berg Larsen. He Uses Frederick Hemke Medium Reeds.
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Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
John Lewis – Piano
Milt Jackson – Vibes
Percy Heath – Bass
Kenny Clarke – Drums Tracks 5-12
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Kenny Drew – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Art Blakey – Drums Track 13
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Miles Davis – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums
Published: 01 Jan 2018, 11:08
Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet Also Released As Sonny & The Stars Is A 1956 Compilation Album By Jazz Saxophonist Sonny Rollins Featuring His Earliest Recordings For The Prestige Label Under His Leadership Including Four Tracks Performed By Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet John Lewis Milt Jackson Percy Heath And Kenny Clarke Eight Tracks Where Kenny Drew And Art Blakey Replace Lewis Jackson And Clarke And One Track With Miles Davis On Piano. Track 1-4 Were Recorded In October 7 1953 Track 5-12 In December 17 1951 And Track 13 In January 17 1951. The First Four Tracks Featuring The Members Of The Modern Jazz Quartet Had Been Previously Released As The 7" 45rpm EP Sonny Rollins With Modern Jazz Quartet PREP 1337 . Tracks 5–11 And 13 Were Featured On The Prestige 10 Inch LP Sonny Rollins Quartet 1952 PRLP 137 Which Is Reissued In Its Entirety Here. Track 12 Was Released On The 10" Compilation Mambo Jazz PRLP 135 . "I Know" Featuring Miles Davis On Piano Was Recorded At The Same Session As Four Other Tracks Under Davis's Name Using The Same Musicians Including The Young Rollins. This Was Davis's First Recording Session For Prestige Records And His First With Rollins. Producer Bob Weinstock Tried To Dissuade Davis From Using Rollins Feeling He Was Not Ready But Davis Persuaded Weinstock To Let Rollins Record A Cut Under His Own Name. The Davis Tracks Recorded That Date Were Issued On The 10" LP Modern Jazz Trumpets And Appeared On The Album Miles Davis And Horns. Tracks 1-4Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
John Lewis – Piano
Milt Jackson – Vibes
Percy Heath – Bass
Kenny Clarke – Drums Tracks 5-12
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Kenny Drew – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Art Blakey – Drums Track 13
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Miles Davis – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums