The Best Of Sonny Rollins

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1St. 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 (American saxophonist) (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 (American saxophonist)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
46:46
2More Than You Know
10:48
3I Feel A Song Coming On
5:10
4On A Slow Boat To China
2:38
5My Ideal
4:20
6It's All Right With Me
6:06
7In A Sentimental Mood
miscellaneous support:
Ira Gitler (task: supervised by)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-10-07)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1953-10-07)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1953-10-07)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-10-07)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1953-10-07)
recording of:
In a Sentimental Mood (on 1953-10-07)
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1935)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd., Lafleur Music Ltd., Mills Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
instrumental recording of:
In a Sentimental Mood (on 1953-10-07)
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1935)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd., Lafleur Music Ltd., Mills Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
3:16
8Moritat
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 (American saxophonist) (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
instrumental recording of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (on 1956-06-22)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel
10:03
9Mambo Bounce
2:22
10Tenor Madness
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-05-24)
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-05-24)
guest tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-05-24)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-05-24)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-05-24)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-05-24)
recording of:
Tenor Madness (on 1956-05-24)
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
is based on:
Royal Roost / Rue Chaptal
12:18