More Sonny Rollins
Hot Stamper Pressings of Recordings by Rudy Van Gelder
- Superb Double Plus (A++) sound throughout making this one of the better copies from our most recent shootout
- The best reissue pressings from the ’80s sound right to us, and surprisingly like vintage analog from back in the day – that’s the sound we want from Sonny Rollins at his peak in 1957
- Don’t get us wrong — the best earlier Prestige pressings win our shootouts, but the right OJC pressings give them a run for their money
- It’s beyond difficult to find good sound for the music of Charlie Parker, but this Sonny Rollins Hot Stamper LP gives you just that for some of Bird’s most famous tunes, backed with excellent performances from the likes of Kenny Dorham and Max Roach
- This is a Must Own album from 1957 that belongs in any jazz-loving audiophile’s collection
This is one of the most enjoyable Sonny Rollins records around. It doesn’t seem to get much respect but let me tell you, this is Rollins at his BEST. And when the sound is as good as it is here, that’s the kind of jazz record that makes us sit up and pay attention.