Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956/1996) Coltrane MONO NUMBERED Limited Edition

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Catalog Number: LPZ-2022

CONDITION DETAILS Numbered Limited Edition, MONO, 180g+ Pure Virgin Vinyl, Audiophile. INSERT INCLUDED (original & Reissue LP Liner Notes). Vinyl plays nicely (play-tested). Cover looks great; no scuffing (front/back). Inner sleeve is original (rice-paper-backed). Spine is unbroken, clean, and easy-to-read. Shelf-wear at the center along top/bottom-edge, some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light-use. (Not a cut-out.)

ABOUT THE RECORD Tenor Madness is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It is most notable for its title track, the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane. The title track is a twelve-minute duet between Rollins and Coltrane, and the B-flat blues melody has become very well known for Rollins. It is easy to distinguish between the two saxophonists, as Coltrane has a much brighter and more boisterous sound as compared to Rollins' smoother, "wet-reed" tone. However, as jazz critic Dan Krow said, the two complement each other, and the track does not sound like a competition between the two rising saxophonists. Paul's Pal, a jumpy swing track, is a Rollins composition, named for bassist Paul Chambers. When Your Lover Has Gone is a 1931 composition by Einar Aaron Swan, re-interpreted here as a drum-driven blues track. The Clinton & Debussy ballad My Reverie is one of Rollins' most prominent examples of his lyrical skills from his 1950s' recordings. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, a tune from the 1935 musical Jumbo, is a Rodgers & Hart composition which goes here from a jazz waltz to a fast-paced 4/4 tune. The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos calls the album "A recording that should stand proudly alongside Saxophone Colossus as some of the best work of Sonny Rollins in his early years, it's also a testament to the validity, vibrancy, and depth of modern jazz in the post-World War era. It belongs on everybody's shelf". Author and musician Peter Niklas Wilson called it "one of the most famous combo recordings of the 1950s"

TRACK LISTING Tenor Madness When Your Lover Has Gone Paul's Pal My Reverie The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

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