Sonny Rollins gravou excelentes discos para a Impulse em meados dos anos 60, uma época em que o seu enorme talento fez dele um saxofonista de topo e um dos poucos a rivalizar com John Coltrane. On Impulse! tem cinco faixas, cada uma conta a história complexa e gloriosa do talento de Rollins, especialmente nos longos solos onde demonstra toda a sua criatividade.

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Sonny Rollins made some excellent recordings for Impulse! in the mid-1960s, a time when his unassailable skills and acrobatic approach made him a leading saxophonist, and one of the few to rival John Coltrane. Each of the five tracks collected here tell the complex, glorious story of Rollins's talent, especially in the stretched-out solos where his knack for inventively de- and re-constructing melodies is evident. Highlights include "On Green Dolphin Street," "Everything Happens to Me" and "Three Little Words."

"In 1965 and 1966 tenor giant Sonny Rollins issued three albums for the Impulse label. They would be his last until 1972 when he re-emerged on the scene from a self-imposed retirement. This date is significant for the manner in which Rollins attacks five standards with a quartet that included pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Mickey Roker. Rollins, who's been recording for RCA and its Bluebird subsidiary, had spent the previous three years (after emerging from his first retirement) concentrating on standards and focusing deeply on intimate, intricate aspects of melody and harmony. He inverts the approach here, and digs deeply into pulse and rhythm and leaving melody to take care of itself. This is not a "new thing" date but instead focuses on playing according to the dictates of the rhythm section and on interchanging with Booker and Roker, leaving much of the melodic aspect of these tunes to Bryant. Rollins could never quite leave the melody out of anything he played because of his intense gift as a lyrical improviser; he nonetheless stripped his approach back and played tunes like "On Green Dolphin Street" by improvising according to theme rather than strict melody, where his interplay with the rhythm section becomes based on the dynamic and shifting times played by Roker." - Thom Jurek, All Music

Músicos:

Sonny Rollins, saxofone tenor
Walter Booker, baixo
Ray Bryant, piano
Mickey Roker, bateria

Lista de Faixas:

1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. Everything Happens to Me
3. Hold 'Em Joe
4. Blue Room
5. Three Little Words