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Prestige

Sonny Rollins Quintet

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Recorded1954
LabelPrestige
CatalogprLP 186
Released1954
Personnel9 credited players
Discogsmaster 1179085

The record

Sonny Rollins and Kenny Dorham across the front with Elmo Hope at the piano -- that combination alone earns the shelf space -- and Percy Heath below, with the drums credited here to Abdullah Buhaina. Four tracks on a Prestige ten-inch from 1954, prLP 186, engineered by Rudy Van Gelder, Ira Gitler liner, Bob Parent photograph. Cue 'Solid' first.

Tracks

  1. Movin' Out
  2. Swingin' For Bumsy
  3. Silk N' Satin
  4. Solid

Session personnel

  • Percy Heath — Bass
  • Abdullah Buhaina — Drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer
  • Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
  • Bob Parent — Photography By
  • Elmo Hope — Piano
  • Sonny Rollins — Tenor Saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham — Trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins Quintet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1954Prestige · prLP 186 — Vinyl LP 10" Album Mono earliest on file
1957Esquire · 20-080 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono
Prestige · PRLP 186 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Reissue, Mono

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