Sonny Rollins - Stockholm 1974

Here's a show from Rollins' band with Rufus Harley on soprano and bagpipes and Masuo.



Only recently, thanks to a sale containing many Concord/Original Jazz Classics discs, I started picking up on Rollins' post-Impulse recording. I've had most of his early recordings, way up to "Alfie" and "East Broadway Rundown", but not much from later on, and while the later recordings aren't up to the early ones, there's plenty of terrific blowing by Rollins, and a lot of good music to be found. Here's a live show from early in his Milestone tenure for you to enjoy!



Sonny Rollins
Stockholm (Sweden), Konserthuset
October 27, 1974

Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
Rufus Harley - bagpipes and soprano saxophone
Yoshiaki Masuo - guitar
Gene Perla - electric bass
David Lee - drums

1. First Moves (Rollins) 13:42
2. Autumn Nocturne (Myrow) > Sonnymoon for Two (Rollins) 10:31
3. unknown (3:19)
4. Look for the Silver Lining (Kern-DeSylva) > band intros SR (14:10)
5. Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Traditional) 14:08
6. Alfie's Theme (Rollins) 9:59
7. A House Is Not a Home (Bacharach) 8:56
8. Don't Stop the Carnival (Rollins) 5:08

TT: 79:53

Sound: A-
Source: Radio broadcast
Lineage: Broadcast > ? > Cassette > Nakamichi CR-5A > r8brain PRO > WAV (16 bit/44.1kHz) > FLAC (level 8)

:: ubu note ::
delete a lot of radio talk (some not even related to the music heard here!) & voiceovers

Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)