Modern Jazz Quartet & Sonny Rollins

Modern Jazz Quartet & Sonny Rollins

Genres: jazz, Hard Bop, saxophone, USA, sax

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About Modern Jazz Quartet & Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet is a 1956 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, featuring his earliest recordings for the Prestige label under his leadership, including four tracks performed by Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke), eight tracks with John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Drew and Art Blakey and one track with Percy Heath, Roy Haynes and with Miles Davis on piano! Tracks 5-11 and 13 were originally featured on the 10" Prestige vinyl Sonny Rollins Quartet (1952, PRLP 137). All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated "The Stopper" - 2:59 "Almost Like Being in Love" (Lerner, Loewe) - 3:26 "No Moe" - 3:32 "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) - 3:20 "Scoops" - 2:16 "With a Song in My Heart" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:08 "Newk's Fadeaway" - 3:15 "Time on My Hands" (Adamson, Gordon, Youmans) - 2:42 "This Love of Mine" (Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola Jr., Frank Sinatra) - 2:26 "Shadrack" (R. MacGimsey) - 2:35 "On a Slow Boat to China" (F. Loesser) - 2:41 "Mambo Bounce" - 2:25 "I Know" (Miles Davis) - 2:32 Personnel Tracks 1-4 Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone John Lewis – piano Milt Jackson – vibes Percy Heath – bass Kenny Clarke – drums Tracks 5-12 Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone Kenny Drew – piano Percy Heath – bass Art Blakey – drums Track 13 Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone Miles Davis – piano Percy Heath – bass Roy Haynes – drums

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