Sonny ROLLINS – Real Crazy – Young Sonny, 1949-1951

As Jazz enters its second century, few of its original voices, those that either invented its language or best encapsulated any of its particular eras, are left. The Swing Era giants are all gone, save for Lionel Hampton and that indomitable spirit Artie Shaw, the Be-boppers have Max Roach as virtually their soul living representative, and Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins stand as the most prominent survivors of the second wave of Modern Jazz musicians that codified the innovations of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and their peers.

Produced by Simon Spillett

Track Listing

with Babs Gonzales And His Orchestra
1. CAPITOLIZING
2. PROFESSOR BOP
3. ST. LOUIS BLUES
4. REAL CRAZY
with J.J. Johson's Boppers
5. AUDUBON
6. GOOF SQUARE with BUD POWELL'S MODERNISTS
7. BOUNCING WITH BUD
8. WAIL
9. DANCE OF THE INFIDELS
10. 52nd STREET THEME MILES DAVIS SEXTET / SONNY ROLLINS QUARTET
11. MORPHEUS
12. WHISPERING
13. DOWN
14. I KNOW
with Miles Davis Sextet
15. HALF NELSON
16. DOWN SONNY ROLLINS QUARTET
17. SCOOPS
18. WITH A SONG IN MY HEART
19. SHADRACK
20. TIME ON MY HANDS
21. NEWK'S FADEAWAY
22. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
23. THIS LOVE OF MINE
24. MAMBO BOUNCE