AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from Sonny Rollins, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details
“Tenor Madness”; “Way Out West”; “Newk’s Time” and “The Bridge”
Okay, so we just had to re-visit the Sonny Rollins catalogue as we had always felt we had not done justice to it on our first swing through his work. So here we have four of the great tenor man’s finest albums for your listening pleasure. From the driving blast from the two tenors, Rollins and Coltrane on Tenor Madness, backed up by Red Garland, Paul Chambers and “Philly” Joe to the more low key piano-less abstraction of Way Out West, featuring just Sonny on tenor with Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums to the driving jazz of Newk’s Time featuring Wynton Kelly, Doug Watkins and Philly Joe Jones to the sublime The Bridge with Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Ben Riley or H.T. Saunders on drums. Truly great work. Check out AMSC965 for more great Sonny Rollins music.
CD1
1-5: ‘Tenor Madness’
1. Tenor Madness
2. When Your Lover Has Gone
3. Paul’s Pal
4. My Reverie
5. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
6-11: ‘Way Out West’
6. I’m An Old Cowhand
7. Solitude
8. Come, Gone
9. Wagon Wheels
10. There Is No Greater Love
11. Way Out West
CD2
1-6: ‘Newk’s Time’
1. Tune Up
2. Asiatic Raes
3. Wonderful! Wonderful!
4. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
5. Blues For Philly Joe
6. Namely You
7-12: ‘The Bridge’
7. Without A Song
8. Where Are You
9. John S
10. The Bridge
11. God Bless The Child
12. You Do Something To Me
