Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings [3CD]

Format: 3CD
Catalogue No.: HCD-9065
Barcode: 0617270122860
Release Date: 26 Apr 2024
Genre: Jazz

 ‘Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings’ is the first official release of the 'Saxophone Colossus' Sonny Rollins’ European tour in 1959 with bassist Henry Grimes, and drummers Pete La Roca, Kenny Clarke and Joe Harris.
 Available previously only as a bootleg release, this is the first official release in cooperation with Sonny Rollins.
 ‘Freedom Weaver’ includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Ed van der Elsken, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Bob Parent and many others; lead liners by jazz scholar Bob Blumenthal, and new interviews with Rollins himself, Branford Marsalis, James Carter, Joe Lovano, James Brandon Lewis and Peter Brötzmann. Mastered by the legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman

Tracklisting
CD1
St. Thomas - Nalen Stockholm, March 2, 1959
There Will Never Be Another You - Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
Stay As Sweet As You Are - Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star - Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
How High the Moon - Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
Oleo - Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
Paul's Pal - Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
Sonny Rollins Interview - Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
It Don’t Mean a Thing - Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
Paul’s Pal #2 - Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
Love Letters - Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
CD2
I Remember You - Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star #2 - Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
It Could Happen To You - Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
Oleo #2 - Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
Will You Still Be Mine? - Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
I’ve Told Every Little Star #3 - Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959
I Want to Be Happy - Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959
A Weaver of Dreams - Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959
It Don’t Mean a Thing #2 - Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
Cocktails For Two - Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star - Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
I Want to Be Happy #2 - Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
CD3
Woody ‘n’ You - Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959
But Not for Me - Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959
Lady Bird - Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959

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