Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Sonny Rollins






































Artist:  Sonny Rollins
Birth Name:  Walter Theodore Rollins
Born:  September 7, 1930.  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Sonny Rollins is an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  He is one of the most important and influential Jazz Musicians.  He has recorded at least 60 Albums as leader and a number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become Jazz Standards.














Title:  Work Time  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  There's No Business Like Show Business  (6:21)
 2.  Paradox  (5:00)
 3.  Raincheck  (6:01)
 4.  There Are Such Things  (9:33)
 5.  It's All Right With Me  (6:07)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Ray Bryant:  Piano
George Morrow:  Bass
Max Roach:  Drums

Work Time is an album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 1956 by Prestige, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Prestige Records, featuring Ray Bryant, George Morrow, and Max Roach.



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