Tag: Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
3 x Discs | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.95 GB
Label: Resonance Records | Genre: Jazz

Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings is the first official release of the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ Sonny Rollins’ European tour in 1959 with bassist Henry Grimes, and drummers Pete La Roca, Kenny Clarke and Joe Harris. Freedom Weaver includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Ed van der Elsken, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Bob Parent and many others Continue reading “Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus (1956) [2014, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956) [2014, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus (1956) [2014, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 527 MB (DSF) + 443 MB (FLAC) + 1.64 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UCGO-9039 | Genre: Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

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”), Continue reading “Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus (1956) [2014, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (1957) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (1957) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.87 GB (DSF) + 1.35 GB (FLAC) + 2.93 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Universal Music | Japan | Cat#: UCGO-9009 | Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (year) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (year) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (year) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.34 GB (FLAC) + 3.34 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPJ 7530 SA | Genre: Bop, Jazz

The timeless Way out West established Sonny Rollins as jazz’s top tenor saxophonist (at least until John Coltrane surpassed him the following year). Joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, Rollins is heard at one of his peaks on such pieces as “I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande),” his own “Way out West,” “There Is No Greater Love,” and “Come, Gone” Continue reading “Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (year) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sonny Rollins – Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins - Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins – Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.31 GB (ISO) + 1.32 GB (DSF) + 622 MB (FLAC) + 184 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2006 | Genre: Bop, Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Sonny Rollins Plus 4 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell and Brown, as both died in a car accident three months later. Continue reading “Sonny Rollins – Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sonny Rollins – Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins - Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins – Supreme Jazz (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.57 GB (ISO) + 3.14 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.10 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Membran Music | Germany | Cat#: 223256 | Genre: Bop
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