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:  Saxophone Colossus (Special Edition) (2025)

 Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  St. Thomas  (6:47)
 2.  You Don't Know What Love Is  (6:28)
 3.  Strode Rode  (5:12)

Side Two:

 1.  Moritat  (10:02)
 2.  Blue 7  (11:08)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano
Doug Watkins:  Bass
Max Roach:  Drums

Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 1956 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on March 21, 2006 by Prestige Records, featuring Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Max Roach.Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  St. Thomas  (6:47)
 2.  You Don't Know What Love Is  (6:28)
 3.  Strode Rode  (5:12)

Side Two:

 4.  Moritat  (10:02)
 5.  Blue 7  (11:08)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano
Doug Watkins:  Bass
Max Roach:  Drums

Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 1956 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on July 4, 2025 by Ermitage Records, featuring Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Max Roach.  Special Edition Yellow Vinyl.