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Sonny Rollins: Way Out West
Though he had worked with Thelonious Monk and Red Garland, Rollins just couldn't settle on a pianist that would leave him the adequate space he felt his horn needed to express all the ideas running around his head (he called it strolling.) So it was at three o'clock AM on March 7 of '57 at Contemporary Studio in LA, that Rollins, along with the ever pliable and reliable bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne providing effortlessly minimalist rhythm that Rollins set out on his first trio minus piano experiment, an experiment that would have landmark future results with explosive A Night At The Village Vanguard. Consistently hitting peak improvisation on such loopy, unexpected material as "I'm An Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" is what marks this disc as iconic. That and the and way too cool cover of the sax colossus himself amongst the cactus and tumbling tumbleweeds in cowboy threads brandishing his killer horn.
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Track Listing
I'm an Old Cowhand; Solitude; Come, Gone; Wagon Wheels; There is No Greater Love; Way Out West; Monologue: You Gotta Dig The Lyrics (previously unreleased); I'm an Old Cowhand (Alternate Take); Dialogue: Tilting Come, Gone (previously unreleased); Come Gone (Alternate Take); There Is No Greater Love (alternate, previously unreleased); Way Out West (Take 1, previously unreleased); Way Out West (Alternate Take).
Personnel
Sonny Rollins
saxophoneSonny Rollins: Tenor Saxophone; Ray Brown: Bass; Shelly Manne: Drums.
Album information
Title: Way Out West | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Craft Recordings
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