Sonny Rollins- Volume 1

Label: Blue Note

Reissued 2015, Originally released 1957

In jazz history, SONNY ROLLINS ranks among tenor-saxophone giants with COLEMAN HAWKINS, LESTER YOUNG, BEN WEBSTER and JOHN COLTRANE. In his dazzling 60-year career at the top, ROLLINS has balanced melodic development with unpredictable phrases, infusing his innovative ideas with his memorable wit. Who else could take the show tune “How Are Things In Glocca Morra?” and turn it into a fertile device for a heated solo? On Volume 1, ROLLINS plays that song and several of his originals in a quintet with DONALD BYRD and MAX ROACH.

Track listing:

1. Decision
   
2. Bluesnote
   
3. How Are Things In Glocca Morra
   
4. Plain Jane
   
5. Sonnysphere