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Sonny Rollins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 1996)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Milestone
• ASIN: B000000XV7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,466 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Sweetest performances, February 16, 2006

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Andrew T. Levine "BHOB" (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: +3 (Audio CD)

Sonny Rollins is indeed the last Tenor Saxophone master. No one else has the same depth and fluidity simultaneously. No one has the history of this music embedded. For Sonny it is not a style cut and pasted on top of competent Berkley School of Music Classroom Technique.

In this tuneful group of songs this genius goes from a simple song like Mona Lisa and moves into the depths of fragmented polyrhythmic phrasing. As is his style, Mr. Rollins returns to the melodic aspects of the song frequently enough so that the continuity of his improvisation and the tune are intimately connected.

I give this album the highest marks. The back up group is terrific and features Jack de Johnette and the late great Tommy Flanagan. I also recommend his concert for 9/11 because it was recorded live. Long Live Sonny, The Last Saxophone master.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Rollins album!, November 17, 1999

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This review is from: +3 (Audio CD)

Wow, this one is great! I fell in love with it the day I got it. On this CD, he has two different rhythm sections (one on tracks 1,2,4, 6, and 7, and another on tracks 3 and 5), but both back him up excellently. I especially like the piano playing of Stephen Scott. Rollins's tone is great as always. Although I wasn't familiar with any of the songs on the CD when I bought it, which is unusual for me, I still really enjoy listening to it. Buy it now!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Jazz Master, July 31, 2009

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Mark A. Wellman (Plaucheville, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: +3 (Audio CD)

Many feel as though Sony Rollins's band is not good enough, not in the same league as Sonny. On this CD that is not a problem. Bob Crenshaw plays bass on all tracks. The drumming is done by Jack DeJohnette and Al Foster, both great jazz drummers. The piano playes are Stephen Scott and Tommy Flanagan, both excellent pianists. Sonny plays great and so do the others. The sound quality is very good too. of my four Sonny Rollins Cds, this is my favorite.