Musica & Memoria / Sonny Rollins – The Prestige Years 1949-1956

Una celebre antologia dedicata al grande sassofonista copre tutto il periodo in cui la sua casa discografica è stata la Prestige, dal 1949, quando aveva 19 anni, al 1956 quando ne aveva 26 ed era già l'autore di Saxophone Colossus e il numero 1 del sax tenore. All'inizio era un fonetto di 12 LP, 3 per ogni volume. Una suddivisione che non ha molto senso una volta ripati gli LP o i 4 CD usciti in seguito In questa pagina tutti i brani e, indicati in verde , le formazioni con cui ha suonato, come componente o come band-leader, a partire dal suo primo album, Sonny Rollins Quartet, registrato nel 1951 ma pubblicato nel 1952. Le numerose formazioni con le quali ha suonato sono visualizzabili nella pagina Quartet, Quintet & Sextets.

The Prestige Years – Vol.1 – 1949-1953

1. A1 Elysée (alternate take) / Jay Jay Johnson’s Boppers – 1949, May 26 NYC
2. A2 Elysée
3. A3 Opus V
4. A4 Hi-Lo (alternate take)
5. A5 Hi-Lo
6. A6 Fox Hunt
7. A7 Morpheus / Miles Davis Sextet – 1951, January 17 NYC
8. B1 Down
9. B2 Blue Room
10. B3 Whispering
11. B4 I Know / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1951, January 17 NYC
12. B5 Conception
13. B6 Out Of The Blue
14. C1 Denial / Miles Davis Sextet – 1951, October 5 NYC
15. C2 Bluing
16. C3 Dig
17. D1 My Old Flame
18. D2 It's Only A Paper Moon
19. D3 Time On My Hands / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1951, December 17 NYC
20. D4 Mambo Bounce
21. E1 This Love Of Mine
22. E2 Shadrack
23. E3 Slow Boat To China
24. E4 With A Song In My Heart
25. E5 Scoops
26. E6 Newk's Fadeaway
27. E7 Compulsion / Miles Davis All Stars – 1953, January 30 NYC
28. F1 The Serpent's Tooth
29. F2 The Serpent's Tooth (alternate take)
30. F3 Round About Midnight
31. G1 In A Sentimental Mood / Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet – 1953, October 7 NYC
32. G2 The Stopper
33. G3 Almost Like Being In Love
34. G4 No Moe
35. G5 Let's Call This / Thelonious Monk Quartet – 1953, November 13 Hackensack, NY
36. H1 Think Of One
37. H2 Think Of One (alternate take)
38. H3 Friday The 13th

The Prestige Years – Vol.2 – 1954-1956

1. A1 Soft Shoe / Art Farmer Quintet - 1954, January 20 NYC
2. A2 Confab In Tempo
3. A3 I'll Take Romance
4. A4 Airegin / Miles Davis Quintet – 1954, June 29, 1954
5. B1 Oleo
6. B2 But Not For Me
7. B3 But Not For Me (Alternate Take)
8. B4 Doxy
9. C1 Movin'Out / Sonny Rollins Quintet – 1954, August 18 NYC
10. C2 Swingin' For Bumsy
11. C3 Silk' N' Satin
12. C4 Solid
13. D1 I Want To Be Happy / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1954, October, 25 Hackensack, NY
14. D2 The Way You Look Tonigh
15. D3 More Than You Know
16. E1 There's No Business Like Show Business / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1955, December 2 NYC
17. E2 Paradox
18. E3 Raincheck
19. F1 There Are Such Things
20. F2 It's All Right With Me
21. F3 In Your Own Sweet Way / Miles Davis All Stars – 1956, March 16 NYC
22. G1 No Line
23. G2 Weird Blues
24. G3 I Feel A Song Comin' On / Sonny Rollins Plus Four – 1956, March, 22 NYC
25. H1 Pent Up House
26. H2 Valse Hot
27. H3 Kiss and Run
28. H4 Count Your Blessings

The Prestige Years – Vol.3 – 1956

1. A1 My Reverie / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1956, May 24 NYC
2. A2 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
3. A3 Paul’s Pal
4. A4 When Your Lover Has Gone
5. B1 Tenor Madness (plus John Coltrane)
6. B2 You Don’t Know What Love Is / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1956, June 22 NYC
7. C1 St. Thomas
8. C2 Strode Rode
9. C3 Blue Seven
10. D1 Moritat
11. D2 I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1956, October 5 NYC
12. E1 Kid Know
13. E2 The House I Live In
14. F1 Bird Medley / Sonny Rollins Quintet – 1956, October 5 NYC
15. F1.1 I Remember You
16. F1.2 My Melancholy Baby
17. F1.3 Old Folks
18. F1.4 They Can’t Take That Away From Me
19. F1.5 Just Friends
20. F1.6 My Little Suede Shoes
21. F1.7 Star Eyes
22. G1 B. Swift / Sonny Rollins Quartet – 1956, December 7 NYC
23. G2 My Ideal
24. G3 Sonny Boy
25. H1 Two Different Worlds
26. H2 Eh-Ah
27. H3 B. Quick