Sonny Rollins records ‘Saxophone Colossus’ with Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins & Max Roach (1956)

Sonny Rollins‘ ‘Saxophone Colossus’ is a studio album recorded on June 22, 1956 with Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins & Max Roach and released in December 1956 by Prestige.

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1 . St. Thomas

2 . Moritat (Mack the Knife)

3 . St Thomas (Live, 1973)

4 . St. Thomas (8-31-12)

5 . Saxophone Colossus

Track Listing : 1.St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) – 06:49 . 2.You Don’T Know What Love Is (Gene De Paul, Don Raye) – 06:30 . 3.Strode Rode (Sonny Rollins) – 05:17 . 1.Moritat (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 10:05 . 2.Blue 7 (Sonny Rollins) – 11:17

Musicians : Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone . Tommy Flanagan – Piano . Doug Watkins – Bass . Max Roach – Drums

Production : Produced By Bob Weinstock . Rudy Van Gelder – Engineer . Steve Hoffman – Mastering . Shigeo Miyamoto – Engineer, Mastering . Alan Yoshida – Mastering

Package : Ira Gitler – Liner Notes . Ralph J. Gleason – Liner Notes . Hannan – Design, Photography . Tom Hannan – Cover Photo . Martin Williams – Liner Notes

Recorded On June 22, 1956 At An Gelder Studio, Hackensack.

Released In December 1956 By Prestige.

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Thanks to the following musicians : antoniomns . Cris Arriagada . Gildigol . GuitarInstructor . Jellynote Onze . Joan Vicens . Kovács Gergő . RICHARD HOWARD . Taylor Roberts . The Piano Shed . TheGuitarNick . Víctor Pérez Díaz . Yvan Jacques .