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John Eckman @[email protected] · 2026-06-10 · 15:20 UTC

Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins On Impulse!, 1965 on Impulse

Classic album, featuring Rollins with Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums), and Ray Bryant (piano). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in the summer of 1965. Sadly Rollins passed this May (2026) in Woodstock NY. My copy—via Mystery Train Records in Gloucester MA—is the 2021 Acoustic Sounds Series reissue, supervised by Chad Kassem, cut by Ryan Smith, and pressed at Quality Record Pressing (QRP). Sounds fantastic!

https://goatless.org/2026/06/10/sonny-rollins-sonny-rollins-on-impulse-1965-on-impulse

#1960s #acousticsounds #chadkassem #gloucesterma #impulse #jazz

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-05-28 · 14:08 UTC

#JazzLegend #SonnyRollins dies aged 95

by Toby Mann, May 26, 2026

"Legendary Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who was known as the '#SaxophoneColossus', has died aged 95.

"He died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon according to a statement from his publicist, who called him 'one of the most honored and influential figures in American music'.

"Rollins had a prolific career that began in the late 1940s. He worked with artists including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and released more than 60 albums as a band leader. He won two Grammys before respiratory illness forced him to retire in 2014.

"The cause of his death has not been announced."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e224dwz18o

#SaxophoneMan #BlackMusicians #JazzMusicians #RestInPower

#jazzlegend #sonnyrollins #saxophonecolossus #saxophoneman #blackmusicians #jazzmusicians

John Eckman @[email protected] · 2026-05-01 · 14:16 UTC

Sonny Rollins, Way Out West, 1957 on Contemporary

This was the first Rollins album with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne, and the first time he recorded with only bass and drums. I love this cover photo emphasizing the New York native was out west. My copy—direct from Craft Recordings—is the 2009 Original Jazz Classics reissue which was remastered back in 1988 and repressed in 2009. It reproduces the yellow Contemporary labels but with a catalog number OJC-337.

https://goatless.org/2026/05/01/sonny-rollins-way-out-west-1957-on-contemporary

#1950s #contemporaryrecords #craftrecordings #jazz #originaljazzclassics #raybrown