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Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker.
| 1 | Medley: I Remember You / My Melancholy Baby / Old Folks / They Can’t Take That Away From Me / Just Friends / My Little Suede Shoes / Star Eyes | ♡ | 26:54 | Johnny Mercer / Sam M. Lewis / Ira Gershwin / George A. Norton / Dedette Lee Hill / Victor Schertzinger / Charlie Parker / John Klenner / George Gershwin / Ernie Burnett / Willard Robison / Don Raye / Gene de Paul | Sonny Rollins Quintet / Kenny Dorham / Max Roach |
| 2 | Kids Know | ♡ | 11:37 | Sonny Rollins | Sonny Rollins Quintet / Kenny Dorham / Max Roach |
| 3 | I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face | ♡ | 4:57 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe | Sonny Rollins Quintet / Kenny Dorham / Max Roach |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_S\Sonny Rollins\1956. Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird (Prestige, AP 2012) [SACD][DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000542840
Credits
Bass — George Morrow Drums — Max Roach Engineer — Rudy Van Gelder Piano — Wade Legge Supervised By — Bob Weinstock Tenor Saxophone — Sonny Rollins Trumpet — Kenny Dorham
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