Rollins Plays for Bird | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | End of July 1957 [1] | |||
Recorded | October 5, 1956 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:22 | |||
Label |
Prestige PRLP 7095 | |||
Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker. [2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos describes the album as "[a] disappointment in terms of the division of labor, and not the merging of titans jazz lovers would have wished for, this recording still provides a great deal of high level music that could have been so much more". [3]
Rollins Plays for Bird | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | End of July 1957 [1] | |||
Recorded | October 5, 1956 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:22 | |||
Label |
Prestige PRLP 7095 | |||
Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
|
Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker. [2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos describes the album as "[a] disappointment in terms of the division of labor, and not the merging of titans jazz lovers would have wished for, this recording still provides a great deal of high level music that could have been so much more". [3]