Sonny Rollins' Finest Hour
Sonny Rollins - CD
- Artist: Sonny Rollins
- Format: CD
- Year: 2002
- UPC: 731458941323
- Item Number: UNI894132
- Release date: 02/12/2002
- 1. Hold 'Em Joe
- 2. Who Cares?
- 3. On the Sunny Side of the Street
- 4. Manhattan
- 5. We Kiss in a Shadow
- 6. Doxy
- 7. Alfie's Theme Differently
- 8. Three Little Words
- 9. The Scene Is Clean
- 10. You Are Too Beautiful
- 11. Body and Soul
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Sonny Rollins' Finest Hour by Sonny Rollins on CD
It seems amazing, really, given the casualty rate among the first wave of bop musicians, but Sonny Rollins has actually had a jazz career that stretches over a half-century and he is still active and recording in the early part of the 21st century. It hasn't been a haphazard career, either. While Rollins hasn't been as openly innovative and exploratory as players like John Coltrane, he was a definite influence on Trane as well as every other bop and post-bop sax player to come on the scene. This varied little set makes a nice introductory primer to Rollins' peak years, drawing on sides he cut for the Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary imprints between 1956 and 1966, sessions that included work with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Roy Haynes, the Modern Jazz Quartet and many others. It isn't exhaustive, and for Rollins fans it won't be even close to nearly enough, but it makes a fine starter kit to one of the finest tenor sax players in the history of jazz. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
- Artist: Sonny Rollins
- Format: CD
- Year: 2002
- UPC: 731458941323
- Item Number: UNI894132
- Release date: 02/12/2002
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Bop, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Saxophone Jazz
- Album Type: "Best of..." / "Greatest Hits"
- 3 in 1
- A Night at the Village Vanguard [Complete]
- A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1
- A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 [Japan]
- A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 [Japan]
- A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2
- Alfie
- Alfie
- Alfie
- Alfie
- Alfie [2004 Original Soundtrack]
- Ballads
- Ballads
- Best of Sonny Rollins [BMG]
- Celebrating Sonny at 75/The Very Best of the RCA Years (Import)
- Complete: Night at the Village Vanguard
- Contemporary Leaders
- Contemporary Leaders [Bonus Tracks]
- Contemporary Leaders [Bonus Tracks]
- Dancing in the Dark
- Don't Ask
- Don't Ask
- Don't Stop the Carnival
- Don't Stop the Carnival
- Don't Stop the Carnival [BMG]
- East Broadway Run Down
- East Broadway Run Down
- Easy Living
- Easy Living
- Falling in Love with Jazz
- Freedom Suite
- Freedom Suite [Bonus Tracks]
- G-Man
- G-Man
- G-Man
- Global Warming
- Global Warming
- Great Sessions
- Greatest Hits
- Here's to the People
- Here's to the People (Import)
- Horn Culture
- Horn Culture
- In Japan
- Ken Burns Jazz
- Les Incontournables
- Live in London, Vol. 2 (Import)
- Love at First Sight (Import)
- Milestone Profiles [Milestone]
- Modern Jazz Giants
- Modern Jazz Giants
- Moving Out
- Moving Out
- Moving Out
- Newk's Time
- Newk's Time
- Newk's Time
- Next Album
- No Problem
- No Problem (Import)
- Now's the Time
- Now's the Time
- Nucleus
- Nucleus (Import)
- Old Flames
- On Impulse!
- On Impulse!
- Our Man in Jazz
- Plays for Bird
- Prestige Profiles, Vol. 3
- Real Crazy-Young Sonny: 1949-51
- Reel Life
- Reel Life
- Road Shows, Vol. 1
- Road Shows, Vol. 1 [Japan]
- Rollins Plays for Bird
- Rollins Plays for Bird [Bonus Track]
- Rollins Plays for Bird [Bonus Track]
- Saxophone Colossus
- Saxophone Colossus
- Saxophone Colossus
- Saxophone Colossus
- Saxophone Colossus
- Saxophone Colossus
- Saxophone Colossus [Bonus Track]
- Saxophone Colossus [Import Bonus Tracks]
- Soneymoon
- Sonny Rollins [Prestige]
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
- Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
- Sonny Rollins Plus 4
- Sonny Rollins Plus 4 [RVG Remasters]
- Sonny Rollins Plus Four
- Sonny Rollins Plus Four [Mobile Fidelity]
- Sonny Rollins Plus Three
- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet [20-Bit Remastered]
- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet [20-Bit Remastered]
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
- Sound of Sonny [2007 Bonus Track]
- Sunny Days, Starry Nights
- Swingin' for Bumsy
- Tenor Titan
- The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings
- The Bridge
- The Bridge
- The Complete Prestige Recordings
- The Cutting Edge
- The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings
- The Impulse Story
- The Solo Album
- The Sound of Sonny
- The Sound of Sonny [2004 SACD]
- The Standard Sonny Rollins
- The Standard Sonny Rollins
- The Standard Sonny Rollins [BMG International]
- The Very Best
- The Way I Feel
- Then and Now
- There Will Never Be Another You
- This Is What I Do
- This Is What I Do
- Way Out West (Import)
- Way Out West [Japan 2003]
- Way Out West [Japan 2003]
- Way Out West [Japan 2006]
- Way Out West [Japan 2006]
- What's New?
- What's New?
- Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
- Work Time
- Work Time
- Work Time
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Performers:
- Billy Byers - Trombone
- Bob Ashton - Sax (Tenor)
- Charlie Persip - Drums
- Clark Terry - Trumpet
- Clifford Brown - Trumpet
- Connie Kay - Drums
- Danny Bank - Sax (Baritone)
- Dick Katz - Piano
- Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
- Dizzy Gillespie - Vocals
- Don Butterfield - Tuba
- Elvin Jones - Drums
- Ernie Royal - Trumpet
- Frank Rehak - Trombone
- Frankie Dunlop - Drums
- George Morrow - Bass
- Henry Grimes - Bass
- J.J. Johnson - Trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
- Jimmy Garrison - Bass
- John Richard Lewis - Piano
- Ken Druker - Sequencing
- Kenny Burrell - Guitar
- Max Roach - Drums
- Mickey Roker - Drums
- Nat Adderley - Cornet
- Oliver Nelson - Sax (Tenor)
- Percy Heath - Bass
- Phil Woods - Sax (Alto)
- Ray Bryant - Piano
- Reunald Jones - Trumpet
- Richie Powell - Piano
- Roger Kellaway - Piano
- Roy Haynes - Drums
- Sonny Rollins - Sax (Tenor)
- Sonny Stitt - Sax (Tenor)
- Specs Wright - Drums
- Tommy Bryant - Bass
- Walter Booker - Bass
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Credits:
- Billy Byers - Trombone
- Bob Ashton - Sax (Tenor)
- Bob Shad - Producer
- Bob Thiele - Producer
- Bryan Koniarz - Supervisor
- Charlie Persip - Drums
- Chuck Stewart - Cover Photo
- Clark Terry - Trumpet
- Clifford Brown - Trumpet
- Connie Kay - Drums
- Cynthia Sesso - Photo Research
- Danny Bank - Sax (Baritone)
- Deborah Hay - Notes Editing
- Dick Katz - Piano
- Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
- Dizzy Gillespie - Vocals
- Don Butterfield - Tuba
- Elvin Jones - Drums
- Ernie Royal - Trumpet
- Ernie Wilkins - Arranger
- Ernie Wilkins - Conductor
- Frank Rehak - Trombone
- Frankie Dunlop - Drums
- George Morrow - Bass
- Henry Grimes - Bass
- Hollis King - Art Direction
- Isabelle Wong - Package Design
- J.J. Johnson - Trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
- Jimmy Garrison - Bass
- John Richard Lewis - Piano
- Ken Druker - Selection
- Ken Druker - Sequencing
- Kenny Burrell - Guitar
- Kevin Reeves - Mastering
- Leonard Feather - Producer
- Max Roach - Drums
- Mickey Roker - Drums
- Nat Adderley - Cornet
- Norman Granz - Producer
- Oliver Nelson - Arranger
- Oliver Nelson - Conductor
- Oliver Nelson - Sax (Tenor)
- Percy Heath - Bass
- Peter Keepnews - Liner Notes
- Phil Woods - Sax (Alto)
- Ray Bryant - Piano
- Reunald Jones - Trumpet
- Richie Powell - Piano
- Roger Kellaway - Piano
- Roy Haynes - Drums
- Sherniece Smith - Art Producer
- Sonny Rollins - Sax (Tenor)
- Sonny Stitt - Sax (Tenor)
- Specs Wright - Drums
- Ted Williams - Cover Photo
- Tommy Bryant - Bass
- Walter Booker - Bass
