Skip to main content alibris logo

Saxophone Colossus ()

by

Write The First Customer Review
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
Filter Results
Shipping
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency
Track Listing
  1. St. Thomas
  2. You Don't Know What Love is
  3. Strode Rode
  4. Moritat (Mack the Knife)
  5. Blue 7

Sonny Rollins recorded many memorable sessions during 1954-1958, but Saxophone Colossus is arguably his finest all-around set. Joined by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Max Roach, Rollins debuts and performs the definitive version of "St. Thomas," tears into the chord changes of "Mack the Knife" (here called "Moritat"), introduces "Strode Rode," is lyrical on "You Don't Know What Love Is," and constructs a solo on "Blue Seven" that practically defines his style. Essential music that, as with all of ...

loading