SONNY ROLLINS Saxophone Colossus PRESTIGE Bergenfield NJ DEEP GROOVE RVG

$ 308

$ 308 Sold For

Mar 31, 2013 Sold Date

Mar 24, 2013 Start Date

$ 10 Start price

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SONNY ROLLINS Saxophone Colossus
VG+/EX Used Vinyl Record

Record Label: Prestige PRLP 7079 (Mono)

Bergenfield, NJ Prestige pressing of the Rollins' 1956 Jazz classic. RVG (Rudy Van Gelder) written in the dead wax. Deep groove label.

Laminated front cover has some wear. Corners are stubbed. Shelf wear (chipping) on the top and bottom. Top is split a little less than half way from the record opening. Bottom has a small, maybe quarter inch split on the right. Back cover shows wear and has the name "Grasso" written in felt pen near the top. There are two small water stains near the bottom right corner. Vinyl has a few visual scuffs and hairlines but plays nicely. Expect minor intermittent surface noise and an occasional crackle or light pop. Nothing major.

Side 1
1. St. Thomas
2. You Don't Know What Love Is
3. Strode Rode

Side Two
4. Moritat
5. Blue Seven

Review: Out of the ashes of what had been a talented but troubled young tenor saxophonist, came a new Sonny Rollins, his purpose clarified and strengthened, his muse razor sharp and brimming with new visions. As a new member of the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Organization, he was inspired as much by their spiritual consistency as their artistic integrity.

By his own admission, even as a jazz tadpole, Sonny Rollins possessed a brawny sound and a powerful rhythmic drive...but other elements were missing.With SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, Sonny Rollins created a personal vision of the tenor saxophone and modern jazz brimming over with joy and conviction.

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS was a breakthrough recording, praised for its lyrical power, thematic logic, relentless swing and spontaneous invention. Borrowing a page from his West Indian roots, Rollins' "St. Thomas" employed elements of Caribbean folk melodies and calypso rhythms to create an exotic, dancing tenor anthem--one of the most identifiable, beloved themes in all of jazz--driven along by Max Roach's melodic drumming, Tommy Flannagan's shimmering accompaniment, and the saxophonist's swaggering melodic invention. Rollins displayed fresh harmonic power and innovative methods of thematic development throughout SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS.