Saxophone Colossus (1957)
Released 1 Jan 1957

Sonny Rollins demonstrates how a master improviser can build an entire musical world out of simple melodic fragments. On the opening calypso St. Thomas, Max Roach tunes his drums to play actual melodies alongside Sonny's buoyant tenor sax, turning a playful folk tune into an accessible lesson in…

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