{"product_id":"alternatives-sonny-rollins","title":"ALTERNATIVES  SONNY ROLLINS","description":"Track Listing \u003cbr\u003e  1. Four \u003cbr\u003e  2. Four - (alternate take) \u003cbr\u003e  3. St. Thomas \u003cbr\u003e  4. St. Thomas - (alternate take)\u003cbr\u003e  5. I Remember Clifford \u003cbr\u003e  6. I Remember Clifford - (alternate take) \u003cbr\u003e  7. 52nd Street Theme \u003cbr\u003e  8. 52nd Street Theme - (alternate theme) \u003cbr\u003e  9. Bluesongo - (bonus track) \u003cbr\u003e  10. Jungoso \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Thad Jones (cornet); Herbie Hancock (piano); Bob Cranshaw, Ron Carter (bass); Roy McCurdy (drums); Candido (congas).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Producer: George Avakian.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Reissue producer: Orrin Keepnews.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Engineers include: Ray Hall.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, New York, New York between May 14, 1962 and April 14, 1964. Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This CD is what too few \"previously unreleased\" collections are: a well-documented, well-annotated recording with a purpose and a point of view. In a thoughtful essay, producer Orrin Keepnews discusses what these early Sixties recordings of Rollins reveal about the tenorist's approach to repertoire and improvisation and, more pragmatically, about his relationship to the recording studio and to record companies in general. Each of the first four tunes can be heard in two different versions. \"Four\" was recorded both with a trio (with Roy McCurdy on drums and Bob Cranshaw on bass) and a quartet (with Herbie Hancock on piano and Ron Carter replacing Cranshaw on bass)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The versions of \"I Remember Clifford\" and \"52nd Street Theme\" were recorded with Hancock on piano and Thad Jones on cornet added to the basic trio. \"Bluesongo\" and \"Jungoso\" are trio pieces with Rollins, Cranshaw, and Candido on congas. Keepnews explains that these two cuts, which were originally released on the album WHAT'S NEW in 1962, have not been reissued anywhere else recently (unlike the balance of the material from WHAT'S NEW) and have consequently been included here.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"RCA","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49606182535448,"sku":"078636112428","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3894818.jpg?v=1777617802","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/alternatives-sonny-rollins","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}