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:  Rollins Plays For Bird  (2018)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Essential Jazz Classics
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Medley:    (26:56)
      I Remember You
      My Melancholy Baby
      Old Folks
      They Can't Take That Away From Me
      Just Friends
      My Little Suede Shoes
      Star Eyes
 2.  Kids Know  (11:42)
 3.  I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face  (4:57)

Bonus Tracks:

 4.  The House I Live In  (9:24)
 5.  Compulsion (feat. Charlie Parker & Miles Davis)  (5:49)
 6.  The Serpent's Tooth (Take 1) (feat. Charlie Parker & Miles Davis)  (7:04)
 7.  The Serpent's Tooth (Take 2) (feat. Charlie Parker & Miles Davis)  (6:21)
 8.  'Round Midnight (feat. Charlie Parker & Miles Davis)  (7:07)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1-3

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Kenny Dorham:  Trumpet, Except Track 3
Wade Legge:  Piano
George Morrow:  Bass
Max Roach:  Drums

Tracks:  5-8

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Parker:  Tenor Saxophone
Miles Davis:  Trumpet
Walter Bishop, Jr.:  Piano
Percy Heath:  Bass
Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Rollins Plays For Bird is a 1957 album by Sonny Rollins, originally released on July, 1957 by Prestige, remastered and reissued on August 10, 2018 by Essential Jazz Classics, featuring Kenny Dorham, Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Philly Joe Jones and more!.