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Sonny Rollins
Plus Four: Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Series
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (5) - Disc #1
1. Valse Hot - Sonny Rollins, Rollins, Sonny
2. Kiss and Run - Sonny Rollins, Coslow, Sam
3. I Feel a Song Coming On - Sonny Rollins, Fields
4. Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep - Sonny Rollins, Berlin, Irving
5. Pent-Up House - Sonny Rollins, Rollins

CD Details

All Artists: Sonny Rollins
Title: Plus Four: Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Series
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Prestige
Release Date: 2/6/2007
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 888072301597

Synopsis

Amazon.com

The tenor saxophonist is listed as the leader, but Sonny Rollins Plus Four is nothing other than the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet recording for a different label (Prestige rather than Emarcy) in 1956 mere months before Brown's tragic death at age 25 in a car crash. One of the great ensembles in jazz history, the Quintet shows its inventiveness and rhythmic daring were at their peak in such numbers as "Valse Hot" and Rollins's "Pent-Up House." The only flaw of the 32-minute album is that it--like Clifford Brown's life--is too short. --David Horiuchi

CD Reviews

A Prodigal Sun

rejoyce | Albuquerque, NM USA | 02/25/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 1956 date with the incomparable quintet, including a front line of Rollins' tenor and trumpeter Clifford Brown, and drummer Max Roach, is unabashedly sunny, upbeat music. Rollins' "Valse Hot" is a prime example. However, much of the credit goes to Brown, who was Armstrong and Gillespie's presumptive heir until his tragic death. Brownie was a prodigal sun. Three superstars submerge their egos, and create a gem. Feel-good music that refuses to surrender complexity."