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Album · 1956

Filed under Hard Bop
By SONNY ROLLINS

Tracklist

A1 The Stopper
A2 Almost Like Being In Love
A3 No Moe
A4 In A Sentimental Mood
The Quartet
A5 Scoops
A6 With A Song In My Heart
B1 Newk's Fadeaway
B2 Time On My Hands
B3 This Love Of Mine
B4 Shadrack
B5 On A Slow Boat To China
B6 Mambo Bounce
B7 I Know

Total Time: 37:26

Line-up/Musicians

Bass – Percy Heath
Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A5 to B6), Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1 to A4), Roy Haynes (tracks: B7)
Piano – John Lewis (tracks: A1 to A4), Kenny Drew (tracks: A5 to B6), Miles Davis (tracks: B7)
Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: A1 to A4)

About this release

Prestige – PRLP 7029 (US)

Recorded at Apex Studios, New York January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953

Released in UK in 1958 as "Perspectives"(Esquire – 32-035),in Italy in 1975 as "First Recordings!"(Prestige – PRI 7856). Reissued in US in 1963 as "Sonny & The Stars"(Prestige – PR 7269).

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