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Sonny Rollins: The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings

Read "The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings" reviewed by Robert Spencer


If Sonny Rollins is the King of the Tenor Saxophone, it was during the late Fifties, the period covered by this magnificent collection, that he earned his crown. He casts a long shadow on the cover of this five-disc set, and his shadow grows even longer immediately as the music starts, which Monk's treacherous tempo-shifting “Brilliant ...


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