Sonny Rollins and The Modern Jazz Quartet

Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet

195613 tracks, 37 minutes

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Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (also released as Sonny & the Stars) is a 1956 compilation album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, featuring his earliest recordings for the Prestige label under his leadership, including four tracks performed by Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke), eight tracks where Kenny Drew and Art Blakey replace Lewis, Jackson, and Clarke, and one track with Miles Davis on piano.

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Genres: Cool jazz, hard bop
Length: 13 tracks, 37 minutes
Released: 1956
Label: prestige

Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings8.8 AllMusic8.0 The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide8.0

Tracks

1The Stopper2:59

2Almost Like Being in Love3:26

3No Moe3:32

4In a Sentimental Mood3:20

5Scoops2:16

6With a Song in My Heart3:10

7Newk’s Fadeaway3:15

8Time on My Hands2:42

9This Love of Mine2:26

10Shadrack2:35

11On a Slow Boat to China2:41

12Mambo Bounce2:25

13I Know2:30

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