Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Vinyl
Price: 25.98

Tenor Madness is a 1956 album by Sonny Rollins, most notable for its title track, the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane. Along the two original Rollins compositions, the album includes three covers of works by artists like Larry Clinton, Debussy and Rodgers & Hart.

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Vinyl
Price: 25.99

Way Out West, originally recorded for the Contemporary Records label in 1957, qualifies as an all-time Sonny Rollins classic. Culled from a 3 A.M. session with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, the material collected here demonstrates why Rollins was considered the top tenor saxophone in jazz at the time of the recording. 

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: CD
Price: 30.00

Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ two studio albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, Way Out West and And The Contemporary Leaders, with a third disc, Contemporary Alternate Takes. Featuring remastered audio by Bernie Grundman, the set is presented in a 3-CD box and includes an expanded booklet with new notes and interview by GRAMMY® Award-winning music historian Ashley Kahn, including a new 2021 interview with Sonny Rollins.

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Vinyl
Price: 25.98

Features some of Sonny Rollins' earliest recordings for Prestige Records. Originally released as a compilation album in 1956, it includes tracks from sessions recorded in 1951 and 1953. The line-up includes Percy Heath (bass), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, and Roy Haynes (drums); John Lewis, Kenny Drew, and Miles Davis (piano); and Milt Jackson (vibraphone).

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Digital Album
Price: 18.00

Deliverable via email in your choice of MP3, WAV, ALAC, or FLAC December 6, 2024.

A classic of the genre, “Way Out West” was tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ first album for west coast label Contemporary Records when released in 1957. The first album to employ the “strolling” technique, Rollins was backed by Ray Brown (bass) and Shelly Manne (drums). This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Vinyl
Price: 30.00

A classic of the genre, “Way Out West” was tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ first album for west coast label Contemporary Records when released in 1957. The first album to employ the “strolling” technique, Rollins was backed by Ray Brown (bass) and Shelly Manne (drums). This new edition, released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl, and presented in a tip-on jacket.

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Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Vinyl
Price: 125.00

Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ two studio albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, Way Out West and And The Contemporary Leaders, with a third disc, Contemporary Alternate Takes. Featuring remastered audio by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes, the set is presented on 180-gram 3-LP pressed at RTI and includes an expanded booklet with new notes and interview by GRAMMY® Award-winning music historian Ashley Kahn, including a new 2021 interview with Sonny Rollins.

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Digital Album
Price: 17.00

Deliverable via email in your choice of MP3, WAV, ALAC, or FLAC.

Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ two studio albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, Way Out West and And The Contemporary Leaders, with a third disc, Contemporary Alternate Takes. Featuring remastered audio by Bernie Grundman.

Vendor: Sonny Rollins
Type: Digital Album
Price: 9.99

Deliverable via email in your choice of MP3, WAV, ALAC, or FLAC.

Way Out West, originally recorded for the Contemporary Records label in 1957, qualifies as an all-time Sonny Rollins classic. Culled from a 3 A.M. session with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, the material collected here demonstrates why Rollins was considered the top tenor saxophone in jazz at the time of the recording.