Jazz / Bop; Post-Bop; Hard Bop
Recorded: between December 16, 1956 and November 3, 1957
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Saxophone
Wilbur Ware - Bass
Elvin Jones - Drums
J.J. Johnson- Trombone
Horace Silver - Piano
Paul Chambers - Bass
Art Blakey - Drums
Thelonious Monk - Piano
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Doug Watkins - Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Donald Byrd - Trumpet
Gene Ramey - Bass
Max Roach - Drums
Sonny Rollins- Ballads Rain- drenched city streets... the river at sunset... the quiet moments of life, softly illuminated by slow sensuous jazz. This is the sound of Blue Note's new Ballads series. Each title in the Ballads series contains well-known romantic standards featuring favorite artists from the Blue Note catalog.
The selections on Sonny Rollins- Ballads were originally released on the Blue Note titles A Night At The Village Vanguard, Sonny Rollins Volume 2, Newk's Time and Sonny Rollins. |
