The Real Sonny Rollins “In His Own Words”
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Newk’s Time

September 22, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ Blue Note Records Listen/Buy CD Tracks Tune Up Asiatic Race Surrey with the Fringe On Top Wonderful, Wonderful Namely You Blues for “Philly” Joe (Rollins) Personnel Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Doug Watkins (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
Max Roach + 4

September 17, 19, 1956 – New York City Mercury Records Tracks Mr. X Body and Soul Just One of Those Things Ezz-Thetic The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Woody’n You Dr. Free-Ze Personnel Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
Saxophone Colossus

June 22, 1956 Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey Prestige Records Listen/Buy CD Tracks St. Thomas (Rollins) You Don’t Know What Love Is Strode Rode (Rollins) Moritat Blue 7 (Rollins) Personnel Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Doug Watkins (b) Max Roach (d)