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Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

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Format: Vinyl
Rel. Date: 12/01/2009
UPC: 8436006495793

Saxophone Colossus
Artist: Sonny Rollins
Format: Vinyl
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Heavyweight 180gm vinyl LP reissue. When Sonny Rollins entered the studio to record Saxophone Colossus, one of his more acclaimed albums as a leader, on June 22, 1956, he had already been a regular member of the celebrated Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet for half a year. This fact also explains the presence of Roach. Four days later, that group would no longer exist, for on June 26 both Clifford Brown and the band's pianist Ritchie Powell were killed in a tragic car accident. Age 26, Rollins was already a well known Jazz figure. He had recorded some albums as a leader but, above all, he had been part of one of the most outstanding combos of the period: The Miles Davis Quintet. Jazz Track. 2009.
        
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