Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Sonny Rollins Vol. 2
| Recorded | Apr 14, 1957 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1558 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 225610 |
The record
A hard-bop summit with two piano giants trading duties across the date, plus J.J. Johnson's trombone thickening the frontline alongside Rollins's muscular tenor. Blakey and Chambers keep the pulse taut while Silver and Monk each leave their own fingerprints on the session.
Session personnel
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Horace Silver — piano
- Thelonious Monk — piano
- Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone
- J.J. Johnson — trombone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 42 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, NY23, First Press earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 47 West · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 47 West · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1964 | Blue Note · BLP 1558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 81558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1972 | Blue Note · BST 81558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Paul Chambers also plays on
Art Blakey also plays on
Horace Silver also plays on