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:  And The Contemporary Leaders (Limited Edition)  (2018)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Jazz Images
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  I've Told Every Little Star  (5:26)
 2.  Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody  (4:54)
 3.  How High The Moon  (7:43)
 4.  You  (4:15)
 5.  I've Found A New Baby  (3:39)
 6.  Alone Together  (6:00)
 7.  In The Chapel In The Moonlight  (6:41)
 8.  The Song Is You  (5:45)

Bonus Tracks:

 9.  Sonnymoon For Two  (9:08)
10. Like Someone In Love  (5:00)
11. Theme From Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 "Pathetique"  (5:59)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1-8, at Contemporary Studio, Los Angeles, October 20-22, 1958:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Victor Feldman:  Vibes
Hampton Hawes:  Piano
Barney Kessel:  Guitar
Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass
Shelly Manne:  Drums

Tracks:  9-11, at Belton Studio, New York, November 4, 1957:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy Cleveland:  Trombone
Gil Coggins:  Piano
Wendell Marshall:  Bass
Kenny Dennis:  Drums

And The Contemporary Leaders is one of the collection album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 1958 by Contemporary Studio, digitally remastered and reissued on May 25, 2018 by Jazz Images, featuring Victor Feldman, Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne, Jimmy Cleveland, Gil Coggins, Wendell Marshall and Kenny Dennis.