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:  Volume 1 (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2025)

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

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Decision (8:03)

 2.  Bluesnote (7:01)

 3.  How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (6:20)

Side Two:

 1.  Plain Jane (10:00)

 2.  Sonnysphere (9:36)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Gene Ramey:  Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

Volume 1 is an album by Sonny Rollins, originally released on March 1957 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on Fbruary 21, 2025 by Blue Note Records, pressed on Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.