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Sonny Rollins Quartet

Title: Jazz Jamboree 1980

Label: Jazzshots

Cat No:DVD2869095
Format:DVD

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• This rarely seen performance showcases the incomparable Sonny Rollins in peak form. It was beautifully filmed (in colour) at the Jazz Jamboree Festival in Warsaw, Poland, in 1980 - during Rollins’ first trip behind the Iron Curtain.

• It is presented here for the first time ever on DVD.

• There is also a rare bonus performance : recorded at Laren, in Holland, in 1973 - which showcases Rollins with a couple of well- known players: pianist Walter Davis Jr., a veteran who had worked in the 1950s with Max Roach and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and Bob Cranshaw, who had been the bassist of Rollins’ classic 1962 album ‘The Bridge’.

• Sonny Rollins, tenor sax, throughout - with: Mark Soskin, piano; Jerome Harris, electric bass; Al Foster, drums : live at “Jazz Jamboree”, Warsaw, Poland, October 23, 1980. On the bonus footage, with : Walter Davis Jr., piano; Yoshiaki Masuo, guitar; Bob Cranshaw, bass; David Lee, drums : live in Laren, Netherlands, 1973.

• Total Time: 77 min. - 6 tracks - Colour - compatible with all DVD players.

Track Listing for Jazz Jamboree 1980
01 Keep Hold Of Yourself Sonny Rollins 19:13
02 Little Lu Sonny Rollins 19:10
03 There’s No Greater Love Isham Jones-Marty Symes 15:38
04 Don’t Stop The Carnival Sonny Rollins 6:23
05 Alfie’s Theme Burt Bacharach-Hal David 11:07
06 St. Thomas Sonny Rollins 4:13

Total Time: 77 Min.

Reviews

The Jazz Rag - Hugh Ledigo

A remarkably compelling performance.

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