Impulse  / Analogue Productions - CIPJ 91 SA  -  Hybrid  SACD  Stereo  -  753088009167

Mastered by  Kevin Gray 

Sonny Rollins made some excellent recordings for Impulse! in the mid-1960s, a time when his unassailable skills and acrobatic approach made him a leading saxophonist, and one of the few to rival John Coltrane. Each of the five tracks collected here tell the complex, glorious story of Rollins's talent, especially in the stretched-out solos where his knack for inventively de- and re-constructing melodies is evident.

Highlights include "On Green Dolphin Street," "Everything Happens to Me" and "Three Little Words."

A persistently provocative set of standards: Sonny delivers along with Ray Bryant, Walter Booker, and Mickey Rokar.

Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
Walter Booker, bass
Ray Bryant, piano
Mickey Roker, drums

Sonny Rollins On Impulse!    
        
1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. Everything Happens To Me
3. Hold 'Em Joe
4. Blue Room
5. Three Little Words