Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

1. Why Don't I

2. Wail March

3. Misterioso

4. Reflections

5. You Stepped Out of a Dream

6. Poor Butterfly

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Average customer rating: Volume Two Of course this CD is excellent One of the best album covers ever! Remastered But not Forgotten; Rust Never Sleeps? Rollins in his prime, and in good company.

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 Newk's Time Night At The Village Vanguard Tenor Madness Hub-Tones ASIN: B00000I41I Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

1. Why Don't I
2. Wail March
3. Misterioso
4. Reflections
5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
6. Poor Butterfly

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In 1999, it's easy to look back at this remarkable lineup--Sonny Rollins, Jay Jay Johnson on trombone, Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk sharing piano duties, bassist Paul Chambers, and drum wizard Art Blakey--and call it an all-star affair. Fact is, it was just as easy to recognize its exceptionality in 1957, when these musicians were all (except for Chambers, who held down a spot in Miles Davis's quintet) respected leaders in their own right. In this case, the collective talent level did not disappoint, instead creating wonderfully alive, assured, and immediate hard bop. The two ebullient Rollins originals and two standards that bookend the record feature Silver on piano; Monk is at the bench on his own ballad "Reflections"; and the now-famous version of Monk's "Misterioso" features both pianists. It's interesting to note how Monk's presence affects the mood and opens the mind of the session--even Silver's solo on "Misterioso" is relatively sparse and pensive when he feels Monk sitting next to him. The leader meanwhile is bursting with confidence, enthusiasm, and bright ideas throughout. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Volume Two.......2004-11-15

Sonny's most satisfying Blue Note album features an all-star group ( Sonny on tenor, J.J Johnson on trombone, Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and the great Art Blakey on drums). Every musician on this album went on to great fame in the jazz world, so if you're a serious jazz fan, then just seeing the personnel will make you want to buy this. The band on this cd isn't the only good thing, though, the track selection is just superb. "Why Don't I" and "Wail March" are two engaging Rollins originals,and it confuses me majorly why he didn't record them more. "Misterioso", the famous Thelonious Monk tune, is definitely the most known performance on this cd, due primarily to the fact that this is the only time in history where piano greats Monk and Silver peform on the same track. It truly is fascinating to compare their very different styles. "Reflections" is one of Monk's most beautiful ballads and this performance really shows Rollins's sensitive side. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a blazing tour de force which showcases the superior solo techniques of Rollins and J.J. and at the end they engage in a great conversation with Blakey. The album ends very gently with an amazing version of "Poor Butterfly" which once again showcases Sonny's sensitive side. This definitely qualifies as one of the best albums of both Sonny's career and Blue Note in general, so if you're a fan of "Saxophone Colossus" or other Sonny albums, or just a casual fan of jazz, then "Volume Two" is right up your alley.

Of course this CD is excellent.......2003-01-28

It's really a Five Star CD, but I think it's time for the CD manufacturers to begin combining these older shorter jazz CDs. This one is a whole 40 minutes long. It could have been combined with Vol 1...I realize that's not how they make more money but...

One of the best album covers ever!.......2002-10-18

Yeah, I love the cover of this album. Reid Miles and Francis Wolff were stinkin' geniuses. And Sonny and crew are playing pretty good here. I don't consider this essential Sonny, but it does have Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and Paul Chambers (wow). "Misterioso" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream" are reason enough to check out this solid session.

Remastered But not Forgotten; Rust Never Sleeps?.......2001-06-20

Rollins' sonorously melodic classic album provides bridge from older innovators Parker, Coletrane, "Birth of Cool" Davis and Mod. Jazz Quartet to Latter Day Saints Coleman and others. A rare and surprising glimpse into the virtousity and technical aspects of a sometimes underrated master

Rollins in his prime, and in good company........2001-05-22

Many jazz fans and critics fawn all over "Saxophone Colossus" as the definitive Sonny Rollins album, but on "Colossus" it seems to me the elegance of the compositions and the crispness of the solos sound almost artificial. There is a telling lack of spare notes in the solos--a sign of missing spontaneity--and in attempting perfection, Rollins and co. ended up sounding a little cold. No such problem on "Volume 2" in which the stunning line-up rolls from one brilliant and virtuosic solo to the next. The album begins with a swinging studder in "Why Don't I" which quickly shifts into a scorching up-tempo hard bop number. Rollins shows his remarkable dexterity especially well on "Wail March" which also features the brilliant trombonist J.J. Johnson, who plays his unwieldy trombone more nimbly than most trumpet players. And "You Stepped out of a Dream" is simply one of the most exciting pieces Rollins ever recorded, with stunning solos from the whole group. Indeed, with the rest of the combo including Art Blakey on drums, Horace Silver AND Thelonius Monk tickling the ivories and the great Paul Chambers on bass, this album had all the potential to be Rollins' best. I'm tempted to say that it is ("Live at the Village Vanguard" gives me pause).

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A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005H4Z Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. What Is This Thing Called Love
2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Take 2)
3. Sonnymoon For Two
4. I Can't Get Started
5. I'll Remember April
6. Get Happy
7. Strivers Row
8. All The Things You Are
9. Get Happy (Short Version)

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The second volume of these 1957 recordings continues the evening performance begun on A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 with Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones. It's a uniquely gifted threesome, with each musician seeming to invent new ways to swing and without a note or a musical opportunity wasted. Both Rollins and Ware reveal their relationship to Thelonious Monk in the ability to create complex, arresting music out of shifts in rhythmic inflections. It's especially apparent in the second version of "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise." In this context, Jones has an opportunity to show just how melodic a drummer he could be. The two versions of "Get Happy" demonstrate Rollins's ability to make complex and witty music out of the most banal materials, while "What Is This Thing Called Love" is a tour de force of sustained group invention. --Stuart Broomer

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Live in London, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Harkit Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live in London The Last Concert Live in Den Haag Live in London Together: Recorded Live at Dolphy's Home, Los Angeles 1954 ASIN: B000AIZ8I6 Release Date: 2006-06-22

Tracks:

1. Introduction By Ronnie Scott
2. Nutty
3. Foggy Day
4. Flamingo
5. Autumn Nocturne
6. Night & Day (Ronnie's Thanks & Acknowledgements)

Album Description

Volume 2 is a second tranche of Sonny Rollins recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Club in January 1965. Featured musicians are Stan Tracey (piano), Rick Laird (bass), and Ronnie Stephenson on drums. Super notes by Simon Spillett throw a new light on these sensational performances which include a marathon twenty minute rendition of Cole Porter's Night And Day. Harkit. 2005.

Album Details

Following on from Our Earlier Release of Volume 1, We Present a Second Tranche of Sonny Rollins Recorded Live at Ronnie Scott's Club in January 1965. Featured Musicians Are Stan Tracey, Piano; Rick Laird, Bass and Ronnie Stephenson on Drums. Super Notes by Simon Spillett Throw a New Light on These Sensational Performances which Include a Marathon Twenty Minute Rendition of Cole Porter's "Night and Day".

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Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Blue Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002MOMQY Release Date: 2004-10-04

Tracks:

1. Why Don't I
2. Wail March
3. Misterioso
4. Reflections
5. You Stepped Out of a Dream
6. Poor Butterfly

Album Details

24bit digitally remastered Japanese release.

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Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Blue Note Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000025FYZ Release Date: 2000-10-25

Tracks:

1. Why Don't I
2. Wail March
3. Misterioso
4. Reflections
5. You Stepped Out of a Dream
6. Poor Butterfly

Album Details

20 bit digitally remastered.

Average customer rating: Deserves 5 stars +

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005HBY Release Date: 1989-05-03

Tracks:

1. Why Don't I
2. Wail March
3. Misterioso
4. Refections
5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
6. Poor Butterfly

Customer Reviews:

Deserves 5 stars +.......2006-07-29

Probably the most listened to CD I own, hands down. I bought this on vinyl many years ago, and again on CD a while back. Vol.2 just grabs you and never lets go. I hear something new every time I listen, just when I think I know every note.
The whole thing swings like you wouldn't believe.
The band is the "cream of the crop" so I guess this is a huge factor too. "Mysterioso" is the definitive version, but "Wail March" and "Why don't I" rank very, very high. Please get this CD at first opportunity!

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Denmark, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Moon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000027941 Release Date: 1995-12-13

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Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Moon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001BSL Release Date: 1995-07-24

Tracks:

1. 52nd Street Theme
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Solitude
4. Without a Song

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Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Manufacturer: Blue Note Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000K428 Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

1. Why Don't I
2. Wail March
3. Misterioso
4. Reflections
5. You Stepped Out of a Dream
6. Poor Butterfly

Album Details

Special Limited Edition with Paper Sleeve Cover.

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