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:  Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  I've Told Ev'ry Little Star (5:28)

 2.  Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (4:56)

 3.  How High The Moon (7:45)

 4.  You (4:18)

Side 2:

 1.  I've Found A New Baby (3:40)

 2.  Alone Together (6:01)

 3.  In The Chapel In The Moonlight (6:41)

 4.  The Song Is You (6:11)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone

Hampton Hawes:  Piano, except Track 1/3

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass

Shelly Manne:  Drums, except Tracks:  1/3, 2/3

Victor Feldman:  Vibes on Track 1/4

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders is a 1959 album by Sonny Rollins, originally released on August 1959 by Contemporary Records, remastered and reissued on February 14, 2025 by Craft Recordings.  180 Gram Vinyl.