More Sonny Rollins
More Contemporary Jazz Label Recordings
- You’ll find outstanding Double Plus (A++) grades or BETTER throughout this vintage pressing of Rollins’s sophomore Contemporary release
- Both of these sides are textbook examples of the kind of rich, smooth, effortlessly natural Contemporary Jazz sound that Roy DuNann‘s All Tube Recording Chain was known for in 1958
- “The last of the classic Sonny Rollins albums prior to his unexpected three-year retirement features the great tenor with pianist Hampton Hawes, guitarist Barney Kessell, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Shelly Manne… Great music.”
This Contemporary Label LP has THE BIG SOUND we love here at Better Records — rich and full-bodied with live-in-your-listening-room immediacy. The bass is deep, rock-solid, and note-like. There’s plenty of clarity and extension up top, bringing Shelly Manne’s fantastic work on the cymbals to life.
This is no Heavy Vinyl slogfest. Just listen to the leading edge transients on Sonny’s sax.
The guitar is warm, rich, and sweet, and just swimming in ambience.
Sonny is backed here by a heavy-hitting lineup of Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Leroy Vinnegar and Hampton Hawes — all favorite players of ours here at Better Records.