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The single-disc Sonny Rollins collection The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings pares down the most essential tracks from the exhaustive six-disc box set The Complete RCA Victor Recordings. Generally considered to be one of Rollins' most surprising periods, the RCA recordings featured here were recorded by the legendary jazz saxophonist between 1962 and 1964. Featured here are recordings from 1962's The Bridge, What's New?, and Our Man in Jazz; 1963's Sonny Meets Hawk!; and 1964's Now's the Time and The Standard Sonny Rollins. This period came on the heels of Rollins' return to performing after his self-imposed three-year hiatus beginning in 1959. During that time, Rollins worked intensely to further develop his playing, famously using the Williamsburg Bridge as his private practice space. Although his comeback album, 1962's The Bridge, didn't immediately reveal a huge musical transformation (he essentially sounded like the Sonny of old), his "sabbatical" was clearly a creatively rejuvenating one that prefigured his move into ever more avant-garde territory by the end of the '60s. Ultimately, these albums showcase a more subtle revolution in which Rollins, ever the journeyman, his ear turned to the free jazz horizon, digs even deeper into muscular, motivic improvisation, danceable rhythms, and, as always, his warm, robust tenor sound.
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Bob Prince, Producer - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Jim Hall, Guitar - Bob Cranshaw, Acoustic Bass - Ray Hall, Recording Engineer - Ben Riley, Drums - Sonny Rollins, Composer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1962. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Harry T. Saunders, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Jim Hall, Guitar - Bob Cranshaw, Bass - Ray Hall, Engineer - Billie Holiday, Composer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Arthur Herzog, Jr., Composer - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1962. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jimmy Jones, Arranger - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Jim Hall, Guitar - Bob Cranshaw, Bass - Ray Hall, Recording Engineer - Ben Riley, Drums - Sonny Rollins, Composer - Sonny Rollins, Lyricist - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Willie Rodriguez, Percussion - Frank Charles, Percussion - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - Dennis Charles, Percussion - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1962. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass - Paul Goodman, Recording Engineer - Don Cherry, Trumpet - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Jerome Kern, Composer - Billy Higgins, Drums - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1962. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Roy McCurdy, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass - Paul Goodman, Recording Engineer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Jerome Kern, Composer - Otto Harbach, Composer - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - George Avakian, Producer - Paul Bley, Piano - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Samuel Lewis, Composer - John Klenner, Composer - Roy McCurdy, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Mickey Crofford, Engineer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Henry Grimes, Bass - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - Paul Bley, Piano - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Roy McCurdy, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Thad Jones, Cornet - Paul Brizzi, Re-Mastering Engineer - George Avakian, Producer - Benny Golson, Composer - Benny Golson, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 BMG Music
Sonny Rollins, Composer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Ron Carter, Bass - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - George Avakian, Producer - Paul Brizzi, Re-Mastering Engineer - Roy McCurdy, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Roy McCurdy, Drums - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Cootie Williams, Composer - Ron Carter, Acoustic Bass - Bernard D. Hanighen, Composer - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - Thelonious Monk, Composer - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ira Gershwin, Composer - Mickey Roker, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Jim Hall, Guitar - Bob Cranshaw, Bass - Ray Hall, Recording Engineer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Jerome Kern, Composer - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by BMG Music
James Oliver Young, Composer - Stu Martin, Drums - Orrin Keepnews, Re-Issue Producer - Jim Hall, Guitar - Ray Hall, Engineer - Ray Hall, Recording Engineer - Teddy Smith, Bass - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone - Johnny Mercer, Composer - David Izenson, Bass - Paul Brizzi, Misc. Prod. - James R. Mundy, Composer - George Avakian, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Engineer
(P) 1996 BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
The single-disc Sonny Rollins collection The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings pares down the most essential tracks from the exhaustive six-disc box set The Complete RCA Victor Recordings. Generally considered to be one of Rollins' most surprising periods, the RCA recordings featured here were recorded by the legendary jazz saxophonist between 1962 and 1964. Featured here are recordings from 1962's The Bridge, What's New?, and Our Man in Jazz; 1963's Sonny Meets Hawk!; and 1964's Now's the Time and The Standard Sonny Rollins. This period came on the heels of Rollins' return to performing after his self-imposed three-year hiatus beginning in 1959. During that time, Rollins worked intensely to further develop his playing, famously using the Williamsburg Bridge as his private practice space. Although his comeback album, 1962's The Bridge, didn't immediately reveal a huge musical transformation (he essentially sounded like the Sonny of old), his "sabbatical" was clearly a creatively rejuvenating one that prefigured his move into ever more avant-garde territory by the end of the '60s. Ultimately, these albums showcase a more subtle revolution in which Rollins, ever the journeyman, his ear turned to the free jazz horizon, digs even deeper into muscular, motivic improvisation, danceable rhythms, and, as always, his warm, robust tenor sound.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:25
- Main artists: Sonny Rollins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Victor
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 2000 BMG Music
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