Saxophone Colossus

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 28 available)

Annotation

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ; June 22, 1956.

Additional:
The VICJ release is K2 HD mastered, possibly a limited edition.
SVICJ-41002 is a three discs bundle called Sonny Rollins, containing:
* Saxophone Colossus
* Tenor Madness
* Worktime

Annotation last modified on 2019-03-22 15:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1St. Thomas
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
recording of:
St. Thomas (on 1956-06-22)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
instrumental recording of:
St. Thomas
composer:
Sonny Rollins
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
46:48
A2You Don't Know What Love Is
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is (on 1956-06-22)
lyricist and composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
6:29
A3Strode Rode
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
recording of:
Strode Rode (on 1956-05-22)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
recording of:
Strode Rode (on 1956-06-22)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
5:15
B1Moritat
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
instrumental cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1956-06-22)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
instrumental recording of:
Moritat (Mack the Knife) (Eric Bentley translation) (on 1956-06-22)
writer:
Bertolt Brecht
translator:
Eric Bentley (Brecht translator and playwright)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
10:03
B2Blue 7
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
recording of:
Blue 7 (on 1956-06-22)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
411:18