Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus / Newk's Time / Tenor Madness (2-CD)
Down Beat: 5 Stars - Excellent "...Rollins displays humor, gentleness, a delicate feeling for beauty....I find this entire album excellent on all counts and for all persons concerned."
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Released: June 9, 2010
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Not Now Uk
Entertainment Reviews:
Down Beat
5 Stars - Excellent "...Rollins displays humor, gentleness, a delicate feeling for beauty....I find this entire album excellent on all counts and for all persons concerned."JazzTimes - 4/96, pp.79-80
"The title is not hyperbole....Important as some of his later work has been, the tenor saxophonist's levels of thematic development, assurance, humor and general creative force in SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS remain unequaled....this is an essential album."Vibe - 12/99, p.162
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyRecord Collector (magazine) - p.93
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] masterwork of tenor saxophone improvisation that kicks off with the classic 'St Thomas'..."Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.St. Thomas
- 2.You Don't Know What Love Is
- 3.Strode Rode
- 4.Moritat
- 5.Blue Seven
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Tune Up
- 2.Asiatic Raes
- 3.The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
- 4.Wonderful! Wonderful!
- 5.Namely You
- 6.Blues for Philly Joe
- 7.Tenor Madness
- 8.When Your Lovers Has Gone
- 9.Paul's Pal
- 10.My Revrie
- 11.The Most Beautiful Girl in the World