Walter Booker was another excellent yet underrated bassist-love his solo work at the intro of this offering also! Don't have time to listen to all of this-will get back to it when I have time, but thank you to Mr. Buckingham for posting this rare and lost recording of Sonny Rollins and his legendary quartet, with McCoy Tyner on piano-wow! And from the a little over six minutes I've heard so far, I wish this were on cd-or even vinyl(lp), if either format were available(in a much better or sonically enhanced version I would hope)! 1-8-24.
Great find and post. However in retort to the adjoining notes by the poster, I categorically disagree with the inference regarding Mr. Rollins even remotely using, let alone AB-using substances to enhance his playing, or to otherwise achieve an altered mental state as ridiculous, and even abhorrent. There has never been a more paradigmatic example of a disciplined, clean- cut, health -conscious musician than Sonny Rollins, at least from his public persona perspective. Moreover he was right up there with Clifford Brown in terms as s clean-living musician. Just ssk Max Roach. I find the continued association of Jazz, and its progenitors as drug/substance abuse related offensive, particularly if the image making of the two is ostensibly and thus mutually 😊 inclusive. However, otherwise I find your point of view and your post herein generally affable, and extremely valuable, Thanks!
Like I said, I never read or heard that Newk experimented with psychedelics, but his performance in this set is way more erratic than I've heard him in any other live set. Listen to the cadenza. At one point he just stops playing for about 21 seconds, as if he is so deep in his thoughts he forgot he was on stage. Later on he shifts from Four into The Night Has A Thousand Eyes for slightly more than a minute before again abruptly turning to Night and Day. There are several other parts of this recording where he is just all over the place. As for clean living, after Trane kicked heroin in the 50s, he was about as disciplined, clean-cut and health conscious as it got, with vegetarian diet, alcohol and drug abstinence, etc. Yet it is fairly-well recognized that he used LSD in the last few years of his life (i.e., in the same time-frame as this recording) in pursuit of spiritual goals. Many people in all walks of life and professions did. LSD wasn't even illegal in the US until 1968. But again, I am NOT saying that I know Rollins partook. I'm just trying to figure out why this performance is so wacky, and that is one potential reason to at least consider.
J'ai vérifié plusieurs fois qu'il n'y avait pas un autre support qui diffusait MacCoy en même temps que Rollins ! Ils sont dans deux mondes, espace-temps, je ne sais pas ! Je vais dire ce que je pense, après les années du Bridge et Village Vanguard (61-65), Rollins prépare un autre épisode de sa vie musicale où il se répètera, s'écoutera jouer, parfois magnifiquement, mais cet épisode qui le met dans les "chaussons" de Coltrane est assez pathétique !!! Désolé pour tous les fan de Sonny ! J'ai aussi beaucoup d'amour pour lui !
Do you realize this is a bootleg recorded almost 60 years ago? Audio is actually pretty clear. A perfectly fine register of the great masters. Its lower fidelity really doesn’t matter.
Incredible gold dust thank you for posting!!!
Walter Booker was another excellent yet underrated bassist-love his solo work at the intro of this offering also! Don't have time to listen to all of this-will get back to it when I have time, but thank you to Mr. Buckingham for posting this rare and lost recording of Sonny Rollins and his legendary quartet, with McCoy Tyner on piano-wow!
And from the a little over six minutes I've heard so far, I wish this were on cd-or even vinyl(lp), if either format were available(in a much better or sonically enhanced version I would hope)! 1-8-24.
Amazing performance! Sonny and the band are having so much fun here. So glad someone recorded this.
Fun?
...thanks a million...
Thank you so much!!
Thank you!!!!!!
but still great, thanks!
recording is a half step slow
Great find and post. However in retort to the adjoining notes by the poster, I categorically disagree with the inference regarding Mr. Rollins even remotely using, let alone AB-using substances to enhance his playing, or to otherwise achieve an altered mental state as ridiculous, and even abhorrent. There has never been a more paradigmatic example of a disciplined, clean- cut, health -conscious musician than Sonny Rollins, at least from his public persona perspective. Moreover he was right up there with Clifford Brown in terms as s clean-living musician. Just ssk Max Roach. I find the continued association of Jazz, and its progenitors as drug/substance abuse related offensive, particularly if the image making of the two is ostensibly and thus mutually 😊 inclusive. However, otherwise I find your point of view and your post herein generally affable, and extremely valuable, Thanks!
Like I said, I never read or heard that Newk experimented with psychedelics, but his performance in this set is way more erratic than I've heard him in any other live set. Listen to the cadenza. At one point he just stops playing for about 21 seconds, as if he is so deep in his thoughts he forgot he was on stage. Later on he shifts from Four into The Night Has A Thousand Eyes for slightly more than a minute before again abruptly turning to Night and Day. There are several other parts of this recording where he is just all over the place. As for clean living, after Trane kicked heroin in the 50s, he was about as disciplined, clean-cut and health conscious as it got, with vegetarian diet, alcohol and drug abstinence, etc. Yet it is fairly-well recognized that he used LSD in the last few years of his life (i.e., in the same time-frame as this recording) in pursuit of spiritual goals. Many people in all walks of life and professions did. LSD wasn't even illegal in the US until 1968. But again, I am NOT saying that I know Rollins partook. I'm just trying to figure out why this performance is so wacky, and that is one potential reason to at least consider.
@@StephenBuckingham Thanks. The fact that his longevity is still in progress is a testament to his health ethic! Peace and good Jazz to you as well.💪😄
Well said!
I have yet to make it to the Half Note . Good acoustics;does it still swing?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Note_Club
The Vanguard is still open...make your pilgrimage there...
@@JentschChris Vngd remains a beautiful Village jazz spot. Julian Lage and Bill Frisell the past few months were amazing. .
J'ai vérifié plusieurs fois qu'il n'y avait pas un autre support qui diffusait MacCoy en même temps que Rollins ! Ils sont dans deux mondes, espace-temps, je ne sais pas ! Je vais dire ce que je pense, après les années du Bridge et Village Vanguard (61-65), Rollins prépare un autre épisode de sa vie musicale où il se répètera, s'écoutera jouer, parfois magnifiquement, mais cet épisode qui le met dans les "chaussons" de Coltrane est assez pathétique !!! Désolé pour tous les fan de Sonny ! J'ai aussi beaucoup d'amour pour lui !
Too bad the audio quality.😢
Do you realize this is a bootleg recorded almost 60 years ago? Audio is actually pretty clear. A perfectly fine register of the great masters. Its lower fidelity really doesn’t matter.