Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders (2025 Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series)

Description

Voted by Miles Davis as the greatest tenor ever, an inventive saxophonist and an astonishing soloist. The last of the classic Sonny Rollins albums prior to his unexpected three-year retirement features the great tenor with pianistHampton Hawes, guitaristBarney Kessel, bassistLeroy Vinnegar, and drummerShelly Manne (all bandleaders for Contemporary Records during this era) on an unusual but inspired list of standards. Rollins creates explorative and often witty improvisations on such songs as “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody,” “You,” “In the Chapel in the Moonlight,” and roaring versions of “I’ve Found a New Baby” and “The Song Is You.” via Label

Label: Craft Recordings, Contemporary Records
Series: Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g
Reissued: 2025 / Original Release: 1959
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop

File under: Jazz – Saxophone