Sonny Rollins 24 Bit Vinyl Pack

  Genre: Jazz
  Styles: Bop, Hard-Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
  Source: vinyl 
  Codec: FLAC
  Bitrate: ~ 2,900 kbps
  Bit Depth: 24
  Sample Rate: 96 kHz

  1956 Tenor Madness - Prestige PRLP 7047 (US) (Reissue 2013)

  1957 Way Out West - Contemporary Records Fantasy S7530, 1988 (US)

  1959 Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders - RTB 2221136

  1962 What's New? - Pure Pleasure N2PY-2267 180g (US)

  1962 The Bridge - RCA Living Stereo LSP 2727-45 180g (US)

  1963 Sonny Meets Hawk - RCA Living Stereo LSP 2712 200g (US)

  1966 East Broadway Run Down - Impulse AS9121 180g (US)

  1973 Horn Culture - Milestone M-9051 (US)

  1978 Pure Gold Jazz - RCA ANL1-2809 (US)

  Sonny Rollins will go down in history as not only the single most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop era, but also as one of the greatest contemporary jazz saxophonists of them all. His fluid and harmonically innovative ideas, effortless manner, and easily identifiable and accessible sound have influenced generations of performers, but have also fueled the notion that mainstream jazz music can be widely enjoyed, recognized, and proliferated. Born Theodore Walter Rollins in New York City on September 7, 1930, he had an older brother who played violin. At age nine he took up piano lessons but discontinued them, took up the alto saxophone in high school, and switched to tenor after high school, doing local engagements. In 1948 he recorded with vocalist Babs Gonzales, then Bud Powell and Fats Navarro, and his first composition, "Audubon," was recorded by J.J. Johnson. Soon thereafter, Rollins made the rounds quickly with groups led by Tadd Dameron, Chicago drummer Ike Day, and Miles Davis in 1951, followed by his own recordings with Kenny Drew, Kenny Dorham, and Thelonious Monk.