Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus" Analogue Productions label_Attack Records Defying stereotypes and shattering convention

Defying stereotypes and shattering convention

a sped-up tempo and irresistibly inane lyrics

stars Winona Ryder

' 'These Days

" "Black Lodge" and "Hy Pro Glo

Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus" Analogue Productions label_Attack Records Defying stereotypes and shattering conventionThe sixth album Sonny Rollins recorded as the leader of his own band, Saxophone Colossus features Sonny on saxophone, Tommy Flanagan on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Max Roach on drums. It was recorded in a single day, the tight knit of the musicians enabling them to record most of the songs in one take, then something of a rarity. Featured are Sonny's best known song 'St Thomas', two other original compositions and two covers, of which 'Moritat'