Sonny Rollins LIVE IN LONDON (Harkit)

[sal]

This is a great disc. Thanks for your original post about it, Jim. It gets more and more interesting with each listen. I wish there was more live material out there from this period of Sonny's career.

[JSngry]

Glad you're enjoying it, Sal.

I agree that it gets more interesting with each listen, especially the interaction between Sonny and the drummer.

[Shawn]

You know...l p seems vaguely familiar...just the tone. Reminds me of someone that used to *haunt* the blue note board...

[jazzscot]

Here's a QUOTE from SONNY ROLLINS regarding

STAN TRACEY in the 60's in England,

"Does anybody in this country know how good

this guy is"

[skeith]

In NYC this week I am seeing Volume 2 of this.

Anyone heard the second volume?

any more thoughts on the first volume?

[MartyJazz]

  skeith said:

In NYC this week I am seeing Volume 2 of this.

Anyone heard the second volume?

any more thoughts on the first volume?

I'm biased when it comes to '60s Newk. Loved the 2nd album as well as the 1st.

[Chuck Nessa]

Dusty Groove lists a third volume to be available in March.

[JSngry]

  MartyJazz said:

  skeith said:

In NYC this week I am seeing Volume 2 of this.

Anyone heard the second volume?

any more thoughts on the first volume?

I'm biased when it comes to '60s Newk. Loved the 2nd album as well as the 1st.

Yep.

[JSngry]

  Chuck Nessa said:

Dusty Groove lists a third volume to be available in March.

[skeith]

I picked up Volume 2 of this, because that was what was available.

I have to say that I wanted to like this, because I like Rollins of this period, but the SOUND QUALITY IS SO BAD that it really has interfered with my ability to get to the music. This recording makes A Night at the Village Vanguard sound like an audiophile recording.

so, in sum, while there may be some great playing on this... I can not access it due to poor sound.

[Lazaro Vega]

This is back in stock at Dusty Groove

[sidewinder]

I wonder if it was at this particular gig (for sure it was at Ronnies and in the mid-60s) when Rollins opened up his set coming out of the taxi door blasting away on the tenor then walking through the club entrance to the bandstand and into perfect sync. with the band. I've seen a clip on British TV of this very performance but it was many years back. Don't know if that clip still exists.

[skeith]

  sidewinder said:

I wonder if it was at this particular gig (for sure it was at Ronnies and in the mid-60s) when Rollins opened up his set coming out of the taxi door blasting away on the tenor then walking through the club entrance to the bandstand and into perfect sync. with the band. I've seen a clip on British TV of this very performance but it was many years back. Don't know if that clip still exists.

that story is mentioned in the liner notes as occurring around this time, but it does not say that this incident is on the recording. I suspect not.

but the whole cd, given the sound quality, sounds like he is outside in a taxi to me

[sal]

I'm enjoying Volume 2 very much.....just as much as Volume 1. These are some fine documents and I love the way Sonny plays on these. Can't wait for volume 3.

[djcavanagh]

Just listened to Volume 2 for the first time today and really enjoyed it. I have the first volume but couldn't seem to get past the poor sound quality. Wasn't a problem on volume 2 . Will have to give Volume 1 another go tomorrow.

[brownie]

Volume 3 is splendid too! That's a double CD! It's been out for a while...

[Hoppy T. Frog]

Discovering Stan Tracey has been one of the pleasures of this series for me. Sonny is just on fore, but Stan seems to be able to not only keep up, but on a few occasions (Volumes one and two being particularly memorable) coming out with some left field stuff himself. He seems to be trying to do much more than simple comping.