Ken Burns Jazz

by Sonny Rollins

Ken Burns Jazz cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 7 November 2000
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:04
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A companion to Ken Burns' documentary series drawing on Sonny Rollins' fifties and sixties peaks, including the Village Vanguard period and his comeback from sabbatical. Rollins' long, motivic improvisations made him the tenor saxophone's leading voice after Parker and Coltrane.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, saxophone, melodic, virtuosic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Oleo (5:11)
  2. Valse Hot (8:36)
  3. St. Thomas (6:42)
  4. Blue Seven (11:11)
  5. I'm An Old Cowhand (5:39)
  6. Sonnymoon For Two (8:48)
  7. I Know That You Know (5:27)
  8. Body And Soul (4:17)
  9. The Bridge (5:56)
  10. All The Things You Are (9:34)
  11. Alfie's Theme Differently (3:43)

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