Cover of Saxophone Colossus And More

Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus And More

1975 Hard Bop
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Tracklist

  1. A1 MoritatBrecht, Weill 10:02
  2. A2 Blue SevenRollins 11:17
  3. A3 Strode RodeRollins 5:12
  4. B1 St. ThomasRollins 6:45
  5. B2 You Don't Know What Love IsRaye, DePaul 6:27
  6. B3 Kids KnowRollins 11:38
  7. C1 The House I Live InRobinson, Allan 9:20
  8. C2 I've Grown Accustomed To Her FaceLoewe 4:51
  9. C3 Star EyesRaye, DePaul 9:20
  10. D1 I Feel A Song Comin' OnFields, Oppenheimer, McHugh 5:12
  11. D2 Pent-Up HouseRollins 8:50
  12. D3 Kiss And RunCoslow 7:06

Musicians

Production

  • Bob WeinstockProducer (Originally Produced By)

Also credited

Also credited. Written-By: Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Earl Robinson, Lewis Allan, Lerner & Loewe, Dorothy Fields, Günter Oppenheimer, Jimmy McHugh, Sam Coslow. Art Direction: Phil Carroll. Compiled By (Reissue): Orrin Keepnews. Engineer (Original Recording Engineer): Rudy Van Gelder. Lacquer Cut By: George Horn. Lacquer Cut By (Runout Etching Eyes With Eyebrows): David Turner. Remastered By: David Turner. Liner Notes: Robert Palmer. Photography By (Cover Photos): Arnold Newman. Photography By (Liner Photogs): Tony Lane.

Stan "The Man" Turrentine Stan Turrentine, 1963 Shares Max Roach, Tommy Flanagan Mingus Charles Mingus, 1972 Shares Max Roach, Don Raye, Gene DePaul The Bird Flies Deep Charlie Parker, 1987 Shares Max Roach, Kenny Dorham Mingus At The Bohemia Charles Mingus, 1956 Shares Max Roach Giant Steps John Coltrane, 1960 Shares Tommy Flanagan Cannonball Enroute Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, 1961 Shares Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Dorothy Fields Stardust Willie Nelson, 1978 Shares Kurt Weill, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Oscar Peterson Trio + One Oscar Peterson Trio + Clark Terry, 1964 Shares Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill

Release notes

"P" stamped in runouts denotes Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, pressing. Remainder of runouts mostly etched.

Issued in gatefold jacket. Specially priced two-record set.

Compilation of three sessions from 1956, all with both Sonny Rollins and Max Roach:

Side 1 and first two selections on Side 2 originally issued as (Prestige 7079). Recorded June 22, 1956.

"The House I Live In" originally issued as part of (Prestige 7207); the balance of sides 2 and 3 included on (Prestige 7095). Recorded October 5, 1956.

Side 4 originally issued as part of Sonny Rollins Plus Four (Prestige 7038). Recorded March 22, 1956.

Original [...] recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, N.J.
Remastered, 1975 (Fantasy Studios; Berkeley, Ca.)

From back cover:
"Saxophone Colossus, the album that really made the jazz public fully aware of the majestic talents of Sonny Rollins, is combined here with seven other great performances from the same highly creative period in the long career of this major artist."

Track publishers:
A1: Weill-Brecht-Harms Co.-ASCAP
A2 to B1, B3, D2: Prestige Music-BMI
B2: MCA Music-ASCAP
C1, C2: Chappell & Co.-ASCAP
C3: Leo Feist-ASCAP
D1: Robbins Music-ASCAP
D3: Jefferson Music-ASCAP