Saxophone Colossus

Artist: Sonny Rollins
Label: Dcc Compact Classics
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 010963200812
EAN: 0010963200812
ASIN: B0000001CA

Release Date: 1995-07-25

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Tracks:

St. Thomas
You Don't Know What Love Is
Strode Rode - Sonny Rollins
Moritat
Blue 7

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Customer Reviews:

One of the greatest pieces of recorded music ever.......2007-04-06

This is a milestone album, not just in jazz, but in the history of recorded music. I will never forget walking into a record store as a child and hearing this music for the first time. Sonny Rollins had the genius to create music on an new level; one that took the elements of BEBOP and created a deeper melodic and rhythmic foundation. And the recording of this album pointed to the music of the Beatles and beyond. This is jazz at its greatest and most alluring level. This album rocks, it rolls and it grooves in a way that no other "recording: had done before, and that few have done since. If you want to learn what the hightest art can achieve, you can listen to this for an entire life time. Sonny, you are the greatest. And you will always be remembered for this masterpiece.

all jazzed up!.......2007-02-20

This cd of Sonny Rollins is the second jazz cd I have ever purchased. I bought it along with Louis Armstrong, The Definitive Collection.

As I stated in my review of Louis' cd, I am a hard core rock 'n roll/heavy metal girl and have never intentionally listened to jazz before...but I think I'm hooked now! I listened to samples of a LOT of albums before I made this purchase, and Sonny's music reeled me in like no other, with the exception of Louis.

After listening to this cd, I am going to look for more of Sonny's albums to buy. I'm sure his music can turn anyone into a jazz fan...it did me, and that's quite an amazing feat!

Saxophone Colossus!.......2007-02-20

Giving this album a rating is like trying to rate the Mona Lisa. It's an unmistakable masterpiece. Listen to it and I challenge you to not be swept up in the envelope of that sound. Reflective melancholy, exuberant joy, each melody a story told with an attitude...or a sense of humour. It's all here. Rollins sings through his horn while the rhythm section lays it down and you are enraptured.

Whenever someone I know says they can't get into jazz, this is the album I play to open their ears. Whenever I'm down in the dumps, this is the album I listen to to lift my spirits.

Saxophone Collossus is one of the greatest albums of any genre. I've been listening to it for the better part of twenty-five years. It's part of my nervous system. I wouldn't want to be without it.

Rollins and Max Roach, just not right. .......2006-09-04

This is of course, one of Sonny's best albums. I have all his recordings and the only problem with this album, is that the GREAT Max Roach, back in 1956 (when this album was recorded), was still, in my opinion, playing as if he were playing with a big band. Very powerful, which is great in a Big Band, but not fitting in the post Big Band Era. On the other hand, if you listen to a few earlier Rollins albums from the early fifties, when Art Blakey accompanied him, you will see how Blakey always knew what to play with whomever he was playing. He was extremely versatile thoughout his career. Max Roach, on the other hand, in my opinion, was GREAT, but always played the same way. In the case of Post Big Band Jazz, he just didn't seem to play what was fitting. Always too hard and always too much whenever the bass player was doing his solo. Roach is great, but not with Rollins, and not my favorite drummer of the post Big Band era. Just my honest opinion of course, but if you like it, then enjoy it.

IT'S ALL TRUE.......2006-02-09

Yes, what you have been reading about this album is all true. It IS that incredible. Just one note on the 2nd track "You Don't Know What Love Is" - I didn't know a ballad can be played with this much attitude and even anger. You can virtually smell Sonny's sweat. The ultimate opposite of Stan Getz-style lyricism. 100 stars.

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