One of the most respected of all jazz producers, orrin keepnewss long and productive career has included working with such artists as sonny rollins, bill evans, wes montgomery, cannonball. Sonny rollins the freedom suite plus milestone msp47007 sonny rollins, tenor sax. By 1958 sonny rollins was already able to claim the jazz high road as a tireless innovator who chose to test the mainstreams boundaries. Sonny rollins tenor saxophone oscar pettiford bass max roach drums rollins real achievements so far have come because he is one of the few horn men in the history of jazz perhaps the first who can give in a long improvisation a sense of structure and development. The modern malice quote comes from a transcribed article. Voted by miles davis as the greatest tenor ever, an inventive saxophonist and an astonishing soloist. The sound of sonny updated april 25, 2019 by neil tesser rollins made only two albums for the riverside label in the late 1950s. Gunther schuller and the challenge of sonny rollins. Sonny rollins and the contemporary leaders is an album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, recorded for the contemporary label, featuring performances by rollins with hampton hawes, barney kessel, leroy. Sonny rollins is one of a handful of artists universally regarded as a master of the tenor saxophone.
In late october, we received a friendly but troubled call from one of our longtime subscribers, sonny rollins. One of my favorite jazz albums is sonny rollins tenor madness. Discussion in music corner started by ocean56, apr 20, 2007. Freedom suite is an album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, his last recorded for the riverside label, featuring performances by rollins with oscar pettiford and max roach. Recorded on february 27 and march 7, 1958 wor recording studios, new york city. For use with all bb, eb, and c instruments, the jazz play along series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians.
Freedom suite by sonny rollins 8436559463348 vinyl lp. Lift of sonny rollins on pauls paul tenor madness 1956 rollins tenor sax philly joe jones drums red garland piano paul chambers bass. Born in harlem in 1930, sonny rollins was still in his teens when he began playing and. Walter theodore sonny rollins is an american jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. Sides 1 and 2 originally issued as riverside 258 sonny rollins the freedom suite. Sonny rollins tenor saxophone oscar pettiford bass max roach drums rollins real achievements so far have come because he is one of the few horn men in the history of jazz perhaps the first who. Sonny rollins made a statement of justice with freedom suite. The sonny rollins papers, dating from the 1910s to 2015 the bulk dates from. Original jazz classics ojc029, ojccd0292 sonny rollins the sound of sonny milestone msp47007 sonny rollins the freedom suite plus riverside rlp 1124 sonny.
Listen to your favorite songs from freedom suite by sonny rollins now. As a tribute to the cause of africanamerican freedom. Five africanamerican jazzmen and the music they produced in. Note that this has extra takes that the original album did not have. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. The title track of sonny rollins provocative 1958 album freedom suite takes up the whole of side a. Miles davis was an early sonny rollins fan and in his autobiography wrote that he began to hang out with sonny rollins and his sugar hill harlem crowdanyway, sonny had a big reputation among a lot of the. Freedom suite by sonny rollins, sonny rollinssonny. Music profile for sonny rollins, born 7 september 1930. Umpg publishing, cmrra, ascap, amra, and 3 music rights societies. Virgin islands, raised him in manhattans central harlem. Sporting a mohawk haircut on the inside cover, rollins was. Sonny rollins, volume 1 is a jazz album by sonny rollins, his first effort for the blue note label. In 1955, he entered a drug treatment program at the federal medical center in.
Schuller, sonny rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation. Freedom suite made his place in the vanguard all the more stable. Thomas sonny rollins sax alto transcription youtube st. Download freedom suite by sonny rollins in highresolution audio at available in 192 khz 24bit, 96 khz 24bit aiff, flac high resolution audio formats. He was concerned about the absence of his 1958 lp freedom suite from. A big tenor sax tone, slipping and sliding ideas with a wet number 5 reed. Famous for its 20 minute title track, the lp also features acclaimed performances by bassist oscar pettiford and drummer max roach, who lock into synch with rollins for some masterful. I have a fair amount of sonny, including the complete prestige and freelance years box sets. Freedom suite is an album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, his last recorded for the riverside label, featuring performances by rollins with oscar pettiford. Board of education was four years old, and the civil rights movement was heating up. Albums include saxophone colossus, the bridge, and sonny side up. The original lp record, blue note release blp1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. Sonny rollins, freedom suite in highresolution audio.
Jazz composer and saxophonist sonny rollins was born on september 7, 1930 in new york city. Sonny rollins freedom suite riverside 1958 flophouse. Does anybody ever care to continue listening to side bs set of broadway and pop reworkings. An alumnus of bud powell 1949, miles davis 1951 and max roach 195557, having contributed the compositions airegin, doxy and oleo to davis bags groove june 1954, theodore sonny rollins. It was recorded in 1956 and is especially notable because its the only known recording that features both sonny and john. Sonny rollins tenor saxophone oscar pettiford bass max roach drums the freedom suite.
Sonny rollins the freedom suite plus 1973, vinyl discogs. Al of the tracks except freedom suite were recorded for riverside in nyc on february 11, 1958 freedom suite was recorded in nyc on. Way out west the sound of sonny freedom suite and the cont licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of universe remasterings. In addressing his place as a creative artist and an african. Rollins composed his 1958 freedom suite, he used a single melodic figure as.
Sonny rollins improvisations are a stream of brilliant ideas on phrasing, timing and timbre that enable him to skate over a given chord sequence for endless bars without. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. For more about sonny rollins and to listen to the freedom suite, check out npr musics entry on the piece by clicking here. Sonny rollins the freedom suite licensed to youtube by pirames international srl on behalf of saar srl. Freedom suite is an incredibly powerful and inspiring recording a 20minute jazz piece featuring rollins on the tenor sax along with bassist. Sonny rollins listen to free radio stations accuradio. With musicianfriendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other. My latest transcription sonny rollins on doxy more instructive and important, if you guys are saxophonists is to compare it to the 1957 version which i posted above. By february of 1958, when sonny rollins recorded freedom suite, his political consciousness had risen to match the poetic scope of his music. Freedom suite by sonny rollins on amazon music unlimited. Freedom suite shows all the virtues of sonny rollins take on the pianoless trio approach that he had developed with way out west and a night at the village vanguard.
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