MEDIUM HYBRID SACD
CONDITION sealed
CD CASE M mint
BOOKLET M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Mini LP Cover, Mono
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE www.sonnyrollins.com
Sonny Rollins - tenor sax
Kenny Dorham - trumpet
Wade Legge - piano
George Morrow - bass
Max Roach - drums
bird medley: i remember you / my melancholy baby / old folks / they can't take that away from me / just friends / my little suede shoes / star eyes - 26:55
kids know - 11:39
i've grown accustomed to her face - 4:52
As the tenor sax is not in the same key as an alto, Sonny Rollins would have to transpose a lot of music to take a tribute to Charlie Parker to a high level
Instead Rollins has chosen standards associated with Parker, and recorded them within a year after Bird’s passing
The music certainly has its moments, as on the inexhaustible 27-minute medley of seven tunes seamlessly stitched together
Rollins plays the melody on alternating songs "I Remember You" and "They Can’t Take That Away from Me", Kenny Dorham has at it for "My Melancholy Baby" and "Just Friends", with Wade Legge getting his two cents in on trio only versions of "Old Folks" and "My Little Suede Shoes"
Finally the whole band joins in on the ten-minute medley finale "Star Eyes"
Two independent selections accompany the medley: Rollins does the ballad "I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your (Her) Face", from the musical "My Fair Lady" and the horns finally play together for the nearly 12-minute cool waltz "Kids Know"
RECORDING October 5 1956 at van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
ENGINEERING Rudy van Gelder
LABEL Prestige
RE MASTERING Kevin Gray
RE RELEASED October 2014
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
MADE IN USA
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
