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1957 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by
jazz
saxophonist
Sonny Rollins , recorded for the
Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with
Kenny Dorham ,
Wade Legge ,
George Morrow and
Max Roach on material associated with
Charlie Parker .
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Reception
The
AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos describes the album as "[a] disappointment in terms of the division of labor, and not the merging of titans jazz lovers would have wished for, this recording still provides a great deal of high level music that could have been so much more".
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Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated.
"Bird Medley:
I Remember You /
My Melancholy Baby /
Old Folks /
They Can't Take That Away From Me /
Just Friends /My Little Suede Shoes/
Star Eyes " (
Johnny Mercer ,
Victor Schertzinger /Ernie Burnett,
George A. Norton /Dedette Lee Hill,
Willard Robison /
George Gershwin ,
Ira Gershwin /
John Klenner ,
Sam M. Lewis /
Charlie Parker /
Gene DePaul ,
Don Raye ) – 26:55
"Kids Know" – 11:39
"
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face " (
Alan Jay Lerner ,
Frederick Loewe ) – 4:52
"
The House I Live In " (
Lewis Allan ,
Earl Robinson ) – 9:21 Bonus track on the RVG Prestige edition
Personnel
References
Studio albums Live albums Other albums
Albums
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
MAX (1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with
Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
Rich Versus Roach (and
Buddy Rich , 1959)
The Many Sides of Max (1959)
Long as You're Living (1960)
Parisian Sketches (1960)
We Insist! (1960)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Money Jungle (and
Duke Ellington ,
Charles Mingus , 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and
Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)
Drums Unlimited (1965)
Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Re: Percussion (
M'Boom ,
Strata-East , 1973)
Birth and Rebirth (and
Anthony Braxton , 1978)
Historic Concerts (and
Cecil Taylor , 1979)
M'Boom (1979)
One in Two – Two in One (and
Anthony Braxton , 1979)
Pictures in a Frame (1979)
The Long March (and
Archie Shepp , 1979)
In the Light (1982)
Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
It's Christmas Again (1984)
Scott Free (1984)
Survivors (1984)
Easy Winners (1985)
Bright Moments (1986)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and
Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)
To the Max! (1990–91)
With
Clifford Brown Compilations