- big band, hard bop, jazz
- 64 min
- 14 tracks
- Verve Reissues
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass is a 1958 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the MetroJazz label, later reissued on Verve Records as Sonny Rollins/Brass - Sonny Rollins/Trio.
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Character
Grave, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Allmusic4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Grand Street6:04
- 2Far Out East4:32
- 3Who Cares?3:57
- 4Love Is a Simple Thing3:01
- 5What's My Name?3:47
- 6If You Were the Only Girl in the World5:08
- 7Manhattan4:29
- 8Body and Soul4:17
- 9Doxy7:58
- 10Limehouse Blues6:33
- 11I'll Follow My Secret Heart5:32
- 12You Are Too Beautiful6:08
- 13Grand Street (mono LP Ending)1:09
- 14Grand Street (Verve LP Ending)1:08
14 tracks, 64 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sonny Rollins
- Label
- Verve Reissues
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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