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Sonny Rollins Quintet

Title: Tokyo 1963 with Paul Bley

Label: Rare Live Recordings

Cat No:RLR88637
Format:CD

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A splendid, previously unissued performance by tenor legend Sonny Rollins, recorded in Tokyo on his 1963 tour of Japan - with a quintet featuring Paul Bley and on two tracks, Betty Carter.

Other personnel on this session are : Reshid Kmal Ali, trumpet; Henry Grimes, bass; & Roy McCurdy, drums.

There is also a track with Rollins backed by a Japanese combo; plus, as a bonus, a rare 1956 broadcast (of over 20 minutes) by Rollins with the first incarnation of the Max Roach quintet after Clifford Brown’s tragic death :

featuring : Kenny Dorham (tp), Ray Bryant (p), George Morrow (b), Max Roach (d) - recorded at Café Bohemia, NYC, 'Bandstand USA' Broadcast on October 10, 1956.

Total Time: 77:45 - 7 tracks - These rare recordings are taken from non-professional sources and may not be always up to modern audio standards; but are reissued for their historical importance.

Track Listing for Tokyo 1963 with Paul Bley
01 MORITAT (MACK THE KNIFE) 22:06
02 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 1:49
03 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE 4:20
04 OLEO 23:12
05 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA 4:53
06 VALSE HOT [incomplete] 5:46*
07 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU 15:35*
TOTAL TIME: 77:45

Discovery catalogue available for
Sonny Rollins Quintet

Live in Montreal 1982

Tokyo 1963 with Paul Bley

The Montreal Concert 1982