SONNY ROLLINS TENOR MADNESS-RARE D GROOVE PRESTIGE 7047

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SONNY ROLLINS TENOR MADNESS-RARE D GROOVE PRESTIGE 7047


A MINT- ORIGINAL LP ON PRESTIGE 7047

A VERY RARE DEEP GROOVE PRESSING FROM 1958 WITH BERGENFIELD ADDRESS ON LABEL(NO ADDRESS LISTED ON BACK COVER)

STILL WITH THE ORIGINAL WAX PAPER INNER SLEEVE

PRODUCED BY BOB WEINSTOCK AND RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER WITH 'RVG' AND THE 'EAR' IN THE DEAD WAX

WITH SONNY ON TENOR SAX, PHILLY JOE JONES ON DRUMS, JOHN COLTRANE ON TENOR, RED GARLAND ON PIANO, PAUL CHAMBERS ON BASS

5 TRACKS INCLUDING MY REVERIE, PAUL'S PAL, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD, WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE

THE LACQUERED FRONT COVER IS STILL IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH ONLY THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF ANY RUB WEAR IF VIEWED ON ANGLE UNDER VERY BRIGHT LIGHT. THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER IS ROUGH ON POINT. THE BACK WHITE CARD STOCK HAS SOME LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AS WELL AS SOME LIGHT AGE DISCOLORATION MORE NOTICEABLE AROUND THE EDGES.

VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLE(SIDE B LABEL WITH TINY SMALL DOT OF OUTER LAYER LOSS IN MUSICIAN'S LIST) ON A MOST UNUSUALLY PRISTINE PRESSING SELDOM SEEN ANYWHERES. THE VINYL BLANK IS CLEAN AND SHINY BLACK WITHOUT ANY MARKS. I'VE PLAYED THIS LP IN IT'S ENTIRETY ON THE VPI TURNTABLE SINCE I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL COPY AND IT WAS A JOY FROM BEGINNING TO END. THE DEEP GROOVE PRESSING IS SUPERB AND STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE ON EVERY REVOLUTION! EVERY INSTRUMENT WAS ALIVE AND VIBRANT AND THE MUSICIANS APPEARED TO BE PLAYING IN THE ROOM!

THIS IS TRULY A ONE OF KIND PRESSING IN THIS CONDITION THAT MAY NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN......TRULY AN AMAZING LISTENING EXPERIENCE AFTER 50 YEARS!

FROM THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Biography
by Scott Yanow
Sonny Rollins has remained one of the true jazz giants, ranking up there with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and John Coltrane as one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists. He started on piano, took up the alto, and then permanently switched to tenor in 1946. After making his recording debut with Babs Gonzales in 1949, Rollins made a major impact on dates with J.J. Johnson and Bud Powell the same year; the latter session also matched him with Fats Navarro. Rollins' abilities were obvious to the jazz world from the start and he started recording with Miles Davis in 1951 and with Thelonious Monk two years later. After a period out of music, Rollins joined the Max Roach-Clifford Brown quintet in late 1955, continuing after Brownie's death until 1957. From then on, he was always a leader. Sonny Rollins' series of brilliant recordings for Prestige, Blue Note, Contemporary, and Riverside in the 1950s found him in peak form and he was acclaimed the top tenor saxophonist of the time, at least until John Coltrane rose to prominence. Therefore, Rollins' decision to drop out of music from 1959-1961 shocked the jazz world. When he came back in 1961 with a quartet featuring Jim Hall, his style was largely unchanged, but he soon became a much freer player who was well aware of Ornette Coleman's innovations; he even used Ornette's cornetist Don Cherry for a time. Although his playing was a bit more eccentric than previously, Rollins was a major force until, in 1968, he again decided to retire. Upon his return in 1971, Rollins was more open to the influence of R&B rhythms and pop music, and his recordings since then have not always been essential (often using sidemen not up to his level), but Rollins remains a very vital soloist. Rollins remained active in the new millenium, releasing This Is What I Do in 2000, Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert in 2005, Sonny, Please in 2006, and Soneymoon in 2007.

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