SONNY ROLLINS "NEWK'S TIME" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                                  SONNY ROLLINS "NEWK'S TIME"
2012 MUSIC MATTERS, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FRON                                                    THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"ONE OF THE GREATEST SAXOPHONISTS OF ALL TIME, SONNY ROLLINS STANDS APART FROM HIS CONTEMPORARIES IN WAYS THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THIS OUTSTANDING ALBUM. ROLLINS' MAIN MUSICAL ROLE MODEL WAS THE HUGE SOUND OF COLEMAN HAWKINS RATHER THAN THE COOL TONE OF LESTER YOUNG."
"SONNY PREFERRED PLAYING UNIQUE AND SOMETIMES UNUSUAL MATERIAL AND HIS OWN ORIGINALS RATHER THAN THE MORE TYPICAL BEPOP STANDARDS OF THE DAY. ROLLINS COULD IMPROVISE ENDLESSLY ON A SONG'S MELODY RATHER THAN JUST PLAY RIFFS OVER CHORD CHANGES. ON "NEWK'S TIME", THE MASTERFUL TENOR TURNS SUCH UNLIKELY MATERIAL AS "THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP" AND "WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!!" INTO POWERFULLY SWINGING JAZZ."
"WITH THE BACKING OF A SUPERB TRIO INCLUDING PIANIST WYNTON KELLY, ROLLINS BRINGS OUT THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF THESE SONGS, OFTEN BE STICKING CLOSE TO THE MELODY AND USING REPETITION INVENTIVELY, AND AT OTHER TIMES THROUGH THE SHEER HUMANITY OF HIS SOUND. A VOLCANIC FORCE ON THE TENOR SAX FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS, SONNY ROLLINS EFFORTLESSLY USES HIS CREATIVE POWERS TO CREATE MUSICAL MAGIC THROUGHOUT "NEWK'S TIME"."
                                                                                                                  1) TUNE UP                                                                                                                   2) ASIATIC RAES                                                                                                                   3) WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!                                                                                                                   4) THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP                                                                                                                   5) BLUES FOR PHILLY JOE                                                                                                                   6) NAMELY YOU