Label: Blue Note
Reissued 12/15/2023, Originally released 1957
Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins recorded 4 Blue Note albums in less than a year including his impressive 1957 quartet Newk's Time featuring Wynton Kelly, Doug Watkins & Philly Joe Jones. Rollins & Co. romp through an eclectic set including Broadway show tunes, pop songs, pieces by Miles Davis & Kenny Dorham, and his own "Blues for Philly Joe." This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Track listing:
- Tune Up
- Asiatic Raes
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
- Blues for Philly Joe
- Namely You