Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

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Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

Postby C » 06 Dec 2024, 12:41

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Studio or live

Come on, jazz cats or not, most of us have five - don't we....?

[The lad is still with us at 94]





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Re: Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

Postby Nervous Ned » 06 Dec 2024, 17:13

Way Out West
Saxophone Colossus
A Night at the Village Vanguard
Volume One
Volume Two

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Re: Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

Postby C » 07 Dec 2024, 10:03

Nervous Ned wrote:A Night at the Village Vanguard


Yes, that’s a corker - just a trio

What a blast!

From 1957 an afternoon and evening session with two different rhythm sections which is interesting

Elvin Jones has the edge on Pete LaRoca on tubs




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Re: Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

Postby C » 11 Dec 2024, 11:00

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As always a difficult decision to reduce to five but:

Newk's Time
Tenor Madness
Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
The Bridge




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Re: Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

Postby pcqgod » 11 Dec 2024, 23:57

Freedom Suite
Newk's Time
Vol. 2
Saxophone Colossus
Vol. 1
Where would rock 'n' roll be without feedback?

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Re: Your top 5 Sonny Rollins albums (in no order)

Postby Six String » 12 Dec 2024, 00:38

Very tough to choose five but here are mine.

Saxophone Colossus
Newk’s Time
The Bridge
Blue Note Vol. 2
The Sound Of Sonny
Everything is broken
B. Dylan


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