The Complete Prestige Recordings [Box]

構成数 : 7枚
合計収録時間 : 08:17:00
This 7-disc compilation features 90 selections of Sonny Rollins recordings for Prestige from 1949 to 1957. It contains the only recording Sonny Rollins made with John Coltrane. Also included is a booklet with photos and a discography. Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Earl Coleman (vocals); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Julius Watkins (French horn); Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson (trombone); Walter Bishop, Ray Bryant, Kenny Drew, Tommy Flanagan, Elmo Hope, Wade Legge, John Lewis, Richie Powell, Horace Silver (piano); Paul Chambers, Leonard Gaskin, Percy Heath, George Morrow, Tommy Potter, Doug Watkins (bass); Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Willie Jones, Art Taylor (drums). Producers: Bob Weinstock, Ira Gitler. Compilation producer: Orrin Keepnews. Engineers include: Harry Smith, Tom Dowd, Rudy Van Gelder. Recorded at Apex Studios, New York, New York between May 26, 1949 and December 17, 1951; WOR Studios, New York, New York between January 30 and November 13, 1953; Beltone Studios, New York, New York on January 20, 1954; Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between June 29, 1954 and December 6, 1956. Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and Charles Blancq. Sonny Rollins is justly a legend of jazz. He's played with all the giants of the modern era--Thelonious Monk, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Miles Davis--as well as establishing himself as one of the essential voices of the tenor saxophone in the 1950s and 1960s. Rollins assured his status in the jazz pantheon with his rich, steely, almost metallic-sounding tone (one that does not sacrifice warmth in the slightest), the asymmetrical construction of his phrasing and his incredible technique. His tunes have become standards: "Airegin," "Pent-Up House," "Oleo," "St. Thomas." Rollins influenced John Coltrane, and in the first half of the '60s he had a group with some of the prime movers of the jazz avant garde (namely, Don Cherry and Jimmy Garrison), as well as doing the soundtrack for the Michael Caine film "Alfie." In the years 1949-1956, he recorded for Prestige, as both sideman and leader. This 7-CD set collects all Rollins from his formative years to the pivotal SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS album, with a total of approximately 490 minutes of music. This collection is not only classic Rollins and great jazz, but also a superb "time capsule" of a vital time in America's musical development.
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