Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass | ||||
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Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | July 10 & 11, 1958 | |||
Studio | Beltone Studios and Metropolitan Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:24 | |||
Label | MetroJazz E 1002 | |||
Producer | Leonard Feather | |||
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Brass/Trio Cover | ||||
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the MetroJazz label, later reissued on Verve Records as Sonny Rollins/Brass - Sonny Rollins/Trio.[1][2][3]
One side of the original LP featured performances by Rollins with a big band including Nat Adderley, Reunald Jones, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Don Butterfield, Dick Katz, René Thomas and Roy Haynes, which was under the musical direction of Ernie Wilkins, and the other side had three tracks by Rollins' trio with Henry Grimes and Specs Wright and an unaccompanied solo performance.