{"title":"Sonny Rollins","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"783\"\u003eSonny Rollins, often called the \u003cem data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"266\"\u003eSaxophone Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of jazz’s greatest improvisers and most enduring voices. His powerful tone and inventive phrasing helped define hard bop and influenced generations of saxophonists. From landmark albums like \u003cem data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"486\"\u003eSaxophone Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"505\"\u003eWay Out West\u003c\/em\u003e to adventurous live recordings and late-career explorations, Rollins’s vinyl catalogue is essential for any serious collection. Explore our curated selection of Sonny Rollins records — rare pressings, classic reissues and timeless albums that showcase his unmatched artistry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-worktime","title":"Sonny Rollins – Worktime (1974 Prestige Japan Reissue LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"528\" data-start=\"173\"\u003eRecorded in December 1955 and originally released on Prestige in 1956, \u003cem data-end=\"243\" data-start=\"233\"\u003eWorktime\u003c\/em\u003e captures \u003cstrong data-end=\"270\" data-start=\"253\"\u003eSonny Rollins\u003c\/strong\u003e at just 25 years old, already in full command of his tenor saxophone voice. Backed by an exceptional rhythm section — \u003cstrong data-end=\"403\" data-start=\"389\"\u003eRay Bryant\u003c\/strong\u003e (piano), \u003cstrong data-end=\"430\" data-start=\"413\"\u003eGeorge Morrow\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass), and \u003cstrong data-end=\"456\" data-start=\"443\"\u003eMax Roach\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums) — Rollins delivers a set that’s both fiery and sophisticated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"867\" data-start=\"530\"\u003eFrom the swinging opener \u003cem data-end=\"595\" data-start=\"555\"\u003eThere’s No Business Like Show Business\u003c\/em\u003e to the lyrical ballad \u003cem data-end=\"642\" data-start=\"618\"\u003eIt’s All Right With Me\u003c\/em\u003e and the driving \u003cem data-end=\"668\" data-start=\"659\"\u003eParadox\u003c\/em\u003e, the album shows Rollins’s range as both a melodic interpreter and a daring improviser. Roach’s dynamic drumming keeps the energy high throughout, making this session a gem of his early catalogue.\u003cstrong data-end=\"890\" data-start=\"869\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1140\" data-start=\"1016\"\u003eFresh, inventive, and brimming with youthful energy, \u003cem data-end=\"1079\" data-start=\"1069\"\u003eWorktime\u003c\/em\u003e stands as one of Rollins’s most exciting early statements.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42475340857403,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_4121.jpg?v=1758414043"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-way-out-west-1979-japanese-contemporary-jazz-library-1500-lp","title":"Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1979 Japanese Contemporary Jazz Library 1500 LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: NM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eNM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins - \u003cem\u003eWay Out West\u003c\/em\u003e Vinyl LP - 1979 Japanese Contemporary Jazz Library 1500 Reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRollins' first piano-less album\u003c\/strong\u003e, the tenor carrying the full harmonic weight over Ray Brown's bass and Shelly Manne's drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidely regarded as one of the finest recordings of his career.\u003c\/strong\u003e Six tracks ranging from Johnny Mercer's \"I'm an Old Cowhand\" to Duke Ellington's \"Solitude\" to two Rollins originals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1979 Japanese Contemporary Jazz Library 1500 series\u003c\/strong\u003e pressing on King Record Co. Ltd., issued with obi and insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles in 1957, \u003cem\u003eWay Out West\u003c\/em\u003e was Sonny Rollins' first album without a pianist or guitarist, the decision to record in piano-less trio format giving his tenor saxophone complete harmonic freedom over Ray Brown's bass and Shelly Manne's drums alone. Neither Brown nor Manne had previously played with Rollins before the session, yet the three musicians arrived at Contemporary's studio in the early hours and recorded the album in a single night, producer Lester Koenig later recounting in the sleeve notes that after four hours of intense playing, with Brown and Manne exhausted, Rollins declared he was only just warming up. Engineer Roy DuNann, working with two AKG C12 microphones routed directly to his Ampex tape recorder, captured the three instruments with a clarity and presence that has made this one of the most admired recordings in jazz for its sonic quality as much as its musical content. The six tracks move between two Rollins originals, \"Come, Gone\" (built on the changes to \"After You've Gone\") and the title track, and a group of standards and Western-themed songs including Johnny Mercer's \"I'm an Old Cowhand\" and \"Wagon Wheels\", each given the kind of extended, harmonically inventive treatment that the piano-less format made possible. William Claxton's cover photograph, Rollins posed in the Mojave Desert in a ten-gallon hat with his tenor at his side, is one of the most reproduced images in jazz photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout a chordal instrument to outline the harmony, Rollins is left to imply it entirely through his melodic lines, and the album stands as a sustained demonstration of his ability to do exactly that, his tenor at once authoritative and exploratory, always in conversation with Brown's deep, grounded bass and Manne's responsive drumming. Released in Japan in 1979 on Contemporary Records (GXC-3104) as part of the Jazz Library 1500 series and manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd., this pressing is issued with obi and insert. King Record Co. Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Contemporary Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43245296058427,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6268.jpg?v=1772244242"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-volume-2-1990-japanese-blue-note-lp-last-reissue-mono-lp","title":"Sonny Rollins - Volume 2 (1990 Japanese Blue Note LP Last Reissue Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins - \u003cem\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1990 Japanese Blue Note LP Last Reissue Mono Pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe only session that put Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver in the same studio\u003c\/strong\u003e at the same time, both playing piano on \"Misterioso\" while Monk appears alone with Rollins on \"Reflections\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn all-star Blue Note hard bop session\u003c\/strong\u003e from April 14, 1957, with J.J. Johnson on trombone, Paul Chambers on bass and Art Blakey on drums, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his Hackensack studio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMono original, as recorded\u003c\/strong\u003e: BLP 1558 was never issued in genuine stereo and this pressing maintains the mono source\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded on April 14, 1957 at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and released on Blue Note the same year as BLP 1558, this is one of the most cast-loaded sessions in the label's catalogue. Alongside Rollins on tenor saxophone are J.J. Johnson on trombone, Paul Chambers on bass, Art Blakey on drums, and two pianists: Horace Silver, who takes piano duties across four of the six tracks, and Thelonious Monk, who plays on his own compositions \"Misterioso\" and \"Reflections\". On \"Misterioso\" both pianists appear together, a convergence unique in the Blue Note discography, Monk's oblique, repeating blues figure anchoring an ensemble that includes Johnson's trombone pushing hard against Rollins' tenor. On \"Reflections\" Monk plays with only Rollins, Chambers and Blakey, Johnson absent, the quartet reduced to its most minimal and concentrated form for one of the most pensive ballad readings either man committed to tape. The remaining four tracks belong to Silver and the full sextet: the two Rollins originals \"Why Don't I\" and \"Wail March\", and the standards \"You Stepped Out of a Dream\" and \"Poor Butterfly\". Chambers plays a bowed solo on \"You Stepped Out of a Dream\" that several contemporary reviewers singled out, and Blakey's drumming throughout, particularly on \"Wail March\", gives the session a momentum closer to the Jazz Messengers than to the pianoless approach Rollins would take later the same year at the Village Vanguard. Produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder, originally released in September 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pressing was issued in Japan on 26 December 1990 as part of Toshiba EMI's Blue Note LP Last Reissue series, the 62nd title in that programme, which was designed to return the Blue Note back catalogue to correct mono configuration for Japanese collectors who had previously encountered many of these titles in rechannelled pseudo-stereo formats. BLP 1558 was recorded in mono and no genuine stereo version exists. The pressing is manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd. and includes Japanese liner notes. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43257899679803,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6326.jpg?v=1772755830"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-a-night-at-the-village-vanguard-1978-japanese-blue-note-gxk-8101m-mono-lp","title":"Sonny Rollins - A Night at the Village Vanguard (1978 Japanese Blue Note GXK 8101(M) Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins - \u003cem\u003eA Night at the Village Vanguard\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1978 Japanese Blue Note Mono Reissue (GXK 8101(M), Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150, King Record Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlfred Lion had already recorded Rollins in the studio three times for Blue Note. On November 3, 1957, he sent Rudy Van Gelder to the Village Vanguard to record the first live session ever made there. Rollins played three sets. For the afternoon matinee, the rhythm section was Donald Bailey on bass and Pete La Roca on drums; for the two evening sets, he switched to Wilbur Ware on bass and Elvin Jones on drums — the switch apparently made between sets, Jones claiming he happened upon Ware outside and was told Rollins was looking for him. The evening sessions dominate the original LP: Ware and Jones appear on five of the six tracks. Bailey and La Roca appear only on \"A Night in Tunisia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo pianist. Rollins plays these standards and two originals in trio format, which means every harmonic implication in the solos is his to handle alone. \"Striver's Row\" and \"Sonnymoon for Two\" are Rollins originals — the second named for his wife. \"Old Devil Moon,\" \"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise,\" \"A Night in Tunisia\" and \"I Can't Get Started\" are standards, each given long, searching treatment. Elvin Jones had not yet become the figure he would be inside the Coltrane quartet, but the interactive, polyrhythmic approach that defines his playing was already in place. Wilbur Ware's bass lines move constantly. The album was released in 1958. More material from the same session was released as \u003cem\u003eMore from the Vanguard\u003c\/em\u003e in 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1978 Japanese mono pressing is part of the Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150 series, manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd., and includes the Japanese insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43411353239611,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6636.jpg?v=1775985822"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-saxophone-colossus-1975-japanese-prestige-mono-lp","title":"Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1975 Japanese Prestige Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: NM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins - \u003cem\u003eSaxophone Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1975 Japanese Prestige Mono Reissue (SMJ-6501(M), Prestige Jazz Masterpiece Series No. 1, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSonny Rollins recorded \u003cem\u003eSaxophone Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e in a single afternoon on June 22, 1956 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack. Tommy Flanagan, Douglas Watkins and Max Roach made up the rhythm section. The album was released by Prestige in September 1956 and has not been out of print since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree of the five tracks are Rollins originals. \"St. Thomas\" draws on a West Indian folk song, \"Hold Him Joe,\" that Rollins had heard from his mother, who was born in the Virgin Islands — he had played a version of it in his early career and returned to it for this session, giving it the calypso lilt and long stop-time saxophone exposition that made the recorded version famous. \"Strode Rode\" is an uptempo blues named for his friend and fellow musician Leroy Strode. \"Blue Seven\" is a slow twelve-bar blues in B-flat — Rollins improvises around the head's motif throughout, developing rather than departing from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two standards are \"You Don't Know What Love Is,\" the Don Raye and Gene DePaul ballad from 1941, taken at an unhurried pace that sits between the energy of the two fast pieces on Side A, and \"Moritat\" — the original German title for the Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht \"Mack the Knife\" from \u003cem\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/em\u003e (1928), which Rollins plays hard and rhythmically before Bobby Darin had made the song familiar to pop audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1975 Japanese mono pressing is Prestige Jazz Masterpiece Series No. 1, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries from the original Prestige master. It carries the Swing Journal Seal of Approval.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43451932278843,"sku":null,"price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6700.jpg?v=1777025055"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-the-bridge-1962-japanese-victor-original-lp","title":"Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962 Japanese Victor Original LP)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1214\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins - \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1962 Japanese Victor Original (SHP-5074, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRollins's first album after a three-year sabbatical during which he practiced alone on New York's Williamsburg Bridge; recorded January 30 and February 13-14, 1962 at RCA Victor's Studio B, New York; produced by Bob Prince; engineered by Ray Hall; released April 1962 in the US and the same year in Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pianoless quartet with Jim Hall on guitar - Hall's clean-toned guitar carries the harmonic role without the sustain or comping density of a piano; two Rollins originals and four standards including \"God Bless the Child\" and \"You Do Something to Me\"; \"John S.\" is Rollins's tribute to his relationship with John Coltrane, the title standing for \"John and Sonny\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal 1962 Japanese Victor pressing (SHP-5074), manufactured by Victor Company of Japan Ltd.; flipback jacket; same year as the original US RCA Victor release (LPM-2527)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRollins stopped performing in 1959. Miles Davis had just recorded \u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e. Ornette Coleman had arrived in New York. Rollins felt unprepared for what was happening around him and withdrew. He lived on the Lower East Side with no private space to practice, so he took his saxophone up to the Williamsburg Bridge and played there alone, day and night, for three years. The album was named for those sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he returned to the studio in January and February 1962, he chose not to innovate, at least not immediately. He brought Jim Hall on guitar instead of a pianist, which opened the quartet's sound up in a different way. Hall's single-note lines leave more space between the chords than a piano would, and his approach to accompanying Rollins runs less to standard jazz comping and more to genuine dialogue. Bob Cranshaw on bass and Ben Riley on drums complete the group; H.T. Saunders plays drums on \"Where Are You\" only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour of the six tracks are standards. \"Without a Song\" is the Vincent Youmans, William Rose and Edward Eliscu piece from the 1929 musical \u003cem\u003eGreat Day\u003c\/em\u003e, taken at length. \"Where Are You\" is the Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh ballad from 1936. \"God Bless the Child,\" Billie Holiday's co-composition with Arthur Herzog Jr. from 1941, was singled out in reviews as the emotional centrepiece. \"You Do Something to Me\" is Cole Porter's from the 1929 show \u003cem\u003eFifty Million Frenchmen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"John S.\" is a Rollins original built on 34-bar choruses, an unusual structure, with a stop-start head. The title refers to John Coltrane. \"The Bridge\" closes Side B with alternating common time and compound metre phrases that Rollins assembled from his years of practice on the actual structure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43555120742459,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7142.jpg?v=1780057306"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-quartet-tenor-madness-1976-japanese-prestige-vinyl-lp-mono","title":"Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness (1976 Japanese Prestige Vinyl LP Mono)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+ (writing on back)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins Quartet - \u003cem\u003eTenor Madness\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP Mono - 1976 Japanese Prestige Reissue (SMJ-6521, Victor Musical Industries)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColtrane was in Van Gelder's Hackensack studio on the same day, and Rollins invited him to sit in on a blues. That's the origin story of the title track, and it produced the only studio recording of the two tenor saxophonists who would define the instrument for the next decade. The contrast in approach over 12 minutes is immediate. Rollins builds from short, blues-rooted phrases, leaving space between ideas and developing them with a patience that makes his solos sound like composed pieces. Coltrane runs harder, stacking rapid chromatic lines on top of each other in the style that Ira Gitler would soon call \"sheets of sound.\" They trade fours towards the end, and neither player gives ground. The rhythm section holds steady underneath: Garland comping with that precise, block-chord touch, Chambers walking with authority, and Philly Joe keeping the tempo honest without pushing. These were the musicians Rollins had borrowed from Miles Davis for the session. At the time, Rollins was playing in the Max Roach\/Clifford Brown Quintet, while Coltrane held the tenor chair in Davis's group. Both were at the start of the run that would produce \u003cem\u003eSaxophone Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e, and everything between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe four remaining tracks are Rollins without Coltrane, and they're among his strongest quartet recordings of the period. \"Paul's Pal\" (named for Chambers) is a relaxed Rollins original that swings without forcing the point. \"When Your Lover Has Gone\" is a ballad reading that lets Garland stretch out. \"My Reverie,\" adapted from Debussy, sits in a middle ground between ballad and mid-tempo. \"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World\" starts as Rodgers and Hart's 3\/4 waltz before Rollins pulls it into 4\/4, modernising a 1935 show tune without losing its melody. Van Gelder recorded the session and Bob Weinstock supervised for Prestige. This is the 1976 Japanese mono reissue on SMJ-6521, number 21 in the Prestige Jazz Masterpiece Series, made by Victor Musical Industries with the lacquer cut at Victor Company of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43686015270971,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7373.jpg?v=1781909478"},{"product_id":"sonny-rollins-freedom-suite-1974-japanese-milestone-vinyl-lp-mono","title":"Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1974 Japanese Milestone Vinyl LP Mono)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Rollins - \u003cem\u003eFreedom Suite\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP Mono - 1974 Japanese Riverside\/Milestone Reissue (SMJ-6044M, Victor Musical Industries)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRollins was one of the most celebrated tenor saxophonists in America and couldn't rent an apartment in New York City because of the colour of his skin. His liner notes for this album were direct: \"America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms, its humor, its music. How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted and repressed, that the Negro, who has exemplified the humanities in his very existence, is being rewarded with inhumanity.\" The statement was too much for Riverside. The label pulled the album shortly after release and reissued it under the title \u003cem\u003eShadow Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e with new, diplomatically softened liner notes by producer Orrin Keepnews. But the music on side A doesn't soften anything. The \"Freedom Suite\" opens with a short, almost childlike melody, the kind of phrase that could be a playground chant, and Rollins spends 19 minutes disassembling and rebuilding it across four sections. The trio moves from a brisk opening jaunt through a passage that sounds like a work song or chain gang melody, into a ballad where Rollins's tone turns husky and vulnerable, then back up into a final burst of pure bebop velocity. Pettiford and Roach are not accompanists here. They are equal voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B steps away from the political weight into standards: Noël Coward's \"Someday I'll Find You,\" two takes of Meredith Willson's \"Till There Was You\" (this Japanese pressing includes both takes 3 and 4, one more than the original US LP), and \"Shadow Waltz\" to close. It's the lighter counterpart to the suite, but Rollins's playing on even the show tunes carries a tension and invention that lifts them well past routine interpretations. Pettiford and Roach had both played with Rollins on Monk's \u003cem\u003eBrilliant Corners\u003c\/em\u003e the year before, and the three musicians understand each other's rhythmic language at a level that makes the pianoless format feel not stripped down but wide open. 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