David Rollins

Sonny Rollins - The Cutting Edge (1974) {Milestone OJC 468 rel 1990}
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© 1974, 1990 Milestone / Fantasy / Original Jazz Classics / Universal | OJC 468 / 0025218646826
Jazz / Post Bop / Jazz Funk / Saxophone

Sonny Rollins' 1974 appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was warmly received. Joined by his usual band of the period (pianist Stanley Cowell, guitarist Masuo, electric bassist Bob Cranshaw, drummer David Lee, and percussionist Mtume), Rollins manages to turn such unlikely material as "To a Wild Rose" and "A House Is Not a Home" into jazz. The world's only jazz bagpipe player (Rufus Harley) makes his presence felt on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."

Sonny Rollins - Horn Culture (1973) {Milestone-OJC rel 1992}
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© 1973, 1992 Milestone / Fantasy / OJC | 00025218631426
Jazz / Post Bop / Saxophone

Sonny Rollins must have liked hearing Billy Holiday with two of her absolute classic numbers included and a composition he composed himself which has no familarity with Billy Holiday's classic "Loverman" but the title "Love Man" sandwiched in between the two Billy Holiday numbers does make one think. Anyway recorded in 1973 and this album "Horn Culture" is Sonny's second album after his last absence from the Jazz scene in the late sixties and early seventies doing yoga and the Eastern thing but he sure came back vibrant and as usual he played beautifully with this album being no exception.

Sonny Rollins - After The Bridge (1964) {2CD 2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series SICP 4192~3}
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© 1964, 2014 RCA / Sony Music Japan | SICP 4192~3
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Reissue with the latest 2014 DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. Rare work from the RCA years of Sonny Rollins – all recorded during the time of his groundbreaking albums for the label in the early 60s, but never issued until this much later Japanese package! The title is quite apt – as the whole set really shows the development that Rollins brought to his music in the years after his classic album The Bridge – that open, freely expressive sound that took his already-great approach to tenor and really pushed it into something new – a bold, fresh style for the 60s that was full of power and freedom, but which took a very different direction than the music of John Coltrane or Archie Shepp.

Sonny Rollins - All The Things You Are (1963-64) {Bluebird–BMG 2179-2-RB rel 1990}
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© 1963-64, 1990 RCA / Bluebird / BMG | 2179-2-RB
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Half of this LP contains the famous session on which Sonny Rollins teamed up with his idol, the great tenor Coleman Hawkins. Actually, the competitive Rollins did everything he could during these performances to throw Hawk off with plenty of sound explorations and free playing, but Hawkins keeps from getting lost and battles Rollins for a tie; pianist Paul Bley plays well too. The remainder of this LP (three selections apiece from the former LPs Now's the Time and The Standard Sonny Rollins) is more conventional but has its moments of interest. The young Herbie Hancock is on piano for all of these tracks and guitarist Jim Hall helps on "Trav'lin Light." Rollins's RCA recordings of the '60s are all worth picking up.

Sonny Rollins - This Is What I Do (2000) {Milestone}
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© 2000 Milestone / Fantasy / Universal | 00025218931021
Jazz / Post Bop / Hard Bop / Saxophone

When it comes to picking material, today's young hard boppers (both instrumentalists and singers) could learn a lot from Sonny Rollins – a tenor titan who has always had a way of surprising us with interesting, unexpected choices. Over the years, he hasn't made the mistake of limiting himself to overdone Gershwin and Cole Porter favorites; Rollins doesn't exclude well-known standards by any means, but he has also made a point of interpreting a lot of material that other hard boppers have ignored (and that has included everything from forgotten show tunes to Stevie Wonder gems).

Sonny Rollins - The Standard Sonny Rollins (1964) {RCA Victor–BMG 74321748012 rel 2000}
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© 1964, 2000 RCA Victor / BMG Music | 74321748012
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Just as Sonny Rollins maintained his top position along with John Coltrane, Tubby Hayes, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Stanley Turrentine, among others, as one of the premier tenor saxophonists of there generation, he had managed to put out yet another successful ‘standard’ album in 1964 which again found him in absolute top format.

Sonny Rollins - Nucleus (1975) {Milestone OJCCD-620-2 rel 1991}
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© 1975, 1991 Milestone / OJC / Fantasy / Universal | 00025218662024
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Fusion / Post Bop / Saxophone

This is an album of exceptional beauty. "My Reverie" is apparently based on a classical piece not known to me by the composer Debussy, but the grace an assurance of the manner in which the melody is stated and restated by Mr. Rollins never fail to move me, and I've been listening to this album since it was issued. Even though the critics at the time damned it with faint praise as a minor Rollins effort, I beg to differ. There are masterful takes on funk and rock-type riffs. There is a wonderful spontaneous, high-spirited feel to a lot of the soloing, with an almost throw-away feel, yet after repeated listenings, everything seems well-formed and thought-out. This album has held up wonderfully over the decades, and never fails to give me pleasure. Thank you, Mr.Rollins.