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Sonny Rollins - The Contemporary Leader (CD) (UK Import)

Sonny Rollins - The Contemporary Leader (CD) (UK Import)

Artist: Sonny Rollins

Music Genre: Jazz

Cat No
PROPERBOX 186
Released
2014
Pressing
Europe
Styles
Hard Bop

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ArtistSonny Rollins
FormatCD
LabelProper Records
Catalogue no.PROPERBOX 186
GenreJazz
Released23 June 2014
Barcode0805520021869

Sonny Rollins — The Contemporary Leader
Format: CD • Label: Proper Records (2) (PROPERBOX 186) • Released: 2014 • Pressing: Europe • Genre: Hard Bop

Tracklist:
1-1. Someday I'll Find You
1-2. Will You Still Be Mine
1-3. Till There Was You
1-4. Shadow Waltz
1-5. The Freedom Suite
1-6. What's My Name?
1-7. If You Were The Only Girl In The World
1-8. Manhattan
1-9. Body and Soul
1-10. Who Cares
1-11. Love Is A Simple Thing
1-12. Grand Street
1-13. Far Out East
2-1. Doxy
2-2. Limehouse Blues
2-3. I'll Follow My Secret Heart
2-4. You Are Too Beautiful
2-5. Bags' Groove
2-6. A Night In Tunisia
2-7. I've Told Every Little Star
2-8. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
2-9. How High The Moon
2-10. You
2-11. I've Found A New Baby
2-12. Alone Together
3-1. In The Chapel of the Moonlight
3-2. The Song Is You
3-3. There Will Never Be Another You
3-4. Stay As Sweet As You Are
3-5. I've Told Every Little Star
3-6. How High The Moon
3-7. Oleo
3-8. Paul's Pal
3-9. Woody'n'You
4-1. But Not For Me
4-2. Lady Bird
4-3. God Bless The Child
4-4. John S.
4-5. You Do Something To Me
4-6. Where Are You?
4-7. Without A Song
4-8. The Bridge

Imported from the UK.

About the artist

American jazz tenor saxophonist born September 7, 1930, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; died May 25, 2026, in Woodstock, New York (age 95). Made his first recordings in 1949 with Babs Gonzales. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, he worked with Miles Davis, Art Taylor, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell, and Thelonious Monk. He was a recipient of the prestigious Polar Music Prize in May, 2007. In March 2011, he received the National Medal Of Arts from President Barack Obama. Rollins was the uncle of hip hop artist Tommy Gunn.

Winner of two Grammy Awards:
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for in 2001.
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for Why Was I Born? on in 2006.
- And Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2004.

Source: Discogs

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