Rollins Plays For Bird (mono) Sonny Rollins SKU: CPRJ7095SA Barcode: 753088709562 29.00 £29.00 Label: Analogue Productions Released Date: 13th October 2014 Buying Format: SACD Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info For sale individually and as part of Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series Cut from the analogue masters by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray 200-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings has a flat edge profile and deep groove label, true to the original LP Deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket As the tenor sax is not in the same key as an alto, Sonny Rollins would have to transpose a lot of music to take a tribute to Charlie Parker to a high level. Instead Rollins has chosen standards associated with Parker, and recorded them within a year after Bird’s passing. The music certainly has its moments, as on the inexhaustible 27-minute medley of seven tunes seamlessly stitched together. Rollins plays the melody on alternating songs “I Remember You” and “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” Kenny Dorham has at it for “My Melancholy Baby” and “Just Friends,” with Wade Legge getting his two cents in on trio only versions of “Old Folks” and “My Little Suede Shoes.” Finally the whole band joins in on the ten-minute medley finale “Star Eyes.” Two independent selections accompany the medley: Rollins does the ballad “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your (Her) Face,” from the musical “My Fair Lady” and the horns finally play together for the nearly 12-minute cool waltz “Kids Know.” Originally released in 1956 Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone Wade Legge, piano George Morrow, bass Max Roach, drums Kenny Dorham, trumpet Artist Sonny Rollins Label Analogue Productions Buying Options SACD Format SACD Condition New Country United States of America Track Listings 1. Medley: I Remember You, My Melancholy Baby, Old Folks, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Just Friends, My Little Suede Shoes & Star Eyes 2. Kids Know 3. I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email