Sonny Rollins & The Big Brass

Media : CD

Release date : 1999

Label : Verve

Serial number : 557 545-2

Issue : Compilation including the reissue of Sonny Rollins & The Big Brass LP

Available : Yes

Tracks : 14

Recording date and location :

1-4,13,14 : July 11, 1958, Metropolitain Studios, New-York, USA
5-8 : July 10, 1958, Beltone Studios, New-York, USA
9-12 : August 3, 1958, Music Inn, Lenox, Massachussets, USA

Personnel :

1-4,13,14 : ROLLINS & BRASS

Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)
Nat Adderley (clarinet)
Rene Thomas (guitar)
Reunald Jones (trumpet)
Ernie Royal (trumpet)
Clark Terry (trumpet)
Dick Katz (piano)
Don Butterfield (tuba)
Roy Haynes (drums)
Henri Grimes (bass)
Billy Byers (trombone)
Jimmy Cleveland (trombone)
Frank Rehak (trombone)
Ernie Wilkins (arrangement)

5-8 : SONNY ROLLINS TRIO

Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)
Henri Grimes (bass) except #8
Specs Wright (drums) except #8

9-12 : SONNY ROLLINS

Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)
John Lewis (piano) except #11
Percy Heath (bass)
Connie Kay (drums)

Tracklist :

1. Grand Street (Rollins)
2. Far Out East (Wilkins)
3. Who Cares ? (Gershwin)
4. Love Is A Simple Thing (Carol-Siegel)
5. What's My Name (Saxon-Wells)
6. If You Were The Only Girl In The World (Ayer-Grey)
7. Manhattan (Rodgers-Hart)
8. Body And Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton)
9. Doxy (Rollins)
10. Limehouse Blues (Furber-Braham)
11. I'll Follow My Secret Heart (Coward)
12. You Are Too Beautiful (Rodgers-Hart)
13. Grand Street (Rollins) (mono LP ending)
14. Grand Street (Rollins) (Verve LP ending)

6'04
4'31
3'56
3'01
3'46
5'08
4'28
4'17
7'58
6'32
5'31
6'07
1'09
1'08

Remark :

With original LP cover art, photographs, and liner notes faithfully reproduced. The sound has a meticulous restoration, high resolution 96 Mhz, 24-bit digital transfer from the best source.

Review :