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MainstreamモダンジャズにおけるSonny Rollinsの足跡
choiceはSonny Rollinsが参加した盤(50枚強)、choiceは関連する盤
Databaseに無いものはディスク番号を付記
Before 1940's
<1930年にNYでテナーの巨人Coleman Hawkinsの近所に生まれる>
choice1925: Louis Armstrong/ His Greatest Years 1925-1932
choice1938.01: Benny Goodman/ Carnegie Hall Concert
choice1939: Billy Holiday/ Strange Fruits
choice1941.05: Charlie Christian/ Jazz Immortal
(Modern Jazz Guitarの先駆者による名盤)
choice1946.12: Fats Navarro/ Nostalgia
(夭折したNavarroの名盤)
choice1947.08: Lionel Hampton/ Stardust
(スィングジャズの大名盤)
<23歳で初録音>
choice1949.01: J.J. Johnson/ Bebop Professors (Capitol CR8812)
(J.J. とBabs Gonzales(v)のセッションが最初の録音)
choice1949.06: Stan Getz Quartets
choice1949.12: Bud Powell/ The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 1
(Bud Powell盤でFats Navarro等と共演)
choice1949: Charlie Parker/ Charlie Parker with Strings, Complete Master Takes

1950
choice1950.03: Miles Davis/ Birth of the Cool
(編曲とアドリブが融合した話題作)

1951
<暫くはMiles Davisに可愛がられました>
choice1951.01: Miles Davis/ And Horns (Prestige OJC053)
(Miles Davisとはコレが初録音。Morpheusが良い)
<魅力あるアドリブ「Thematic Improvisation」で人気爆発>
choice1951.01: Sonny Rollins and the Modern Jazz Quartet
(豪放磊落、痛快無比のテナーアドリブが注目の的となる)
choice1951.10: Dig, featuring Sonny Rollins/Miles davis
(マイルスが新人のロリンズを気に入って起用)

1952
choice1952.11: Lester Young/ The President plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio
choice1952: The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker

1953
choice1953.01: Miles Davis/ Collector's Item (Prestige VICJ23605)
(Miles Davis盤でCharlie Parkerと初録音)
choice1953.11: Thelonious Monk/ Monk (Prestige OJCCD016)
choice1953.11: Thelonious Monk And Sonny Rollinsk
(Monkとも結構仲が良くて、これなどは抜群)

1954
choice1954.01: Art Farmer/ Early Art (New Jazz8258)
choice1954.02: Art Blakey/ A Night at Birdland
choice1954.03: George Lewis/ Jass at the Ohio Union
choice1954.04: Miles Davis/ Walkin'
choice1954.06: Miles Davis/ Bag's Groove
(このOleo, Doxy他での素晴らしいアドリブが印象的)
choice1954.07: Louis Armstrong/ Plays W.C. Handy
choice1954.08: Sonny Rollins/ Moving out (Prestige VICJ23608)
(学生時代に初めて個人売買で中古を手に入れた盤。程度は悪かったが、内容で大満足の記憶あり)
choice1954.08: Clifford Brown/ In Concert

1955
choice1955.12: Sonny Rollins/ Worktime
(Ray Bryant相手に絶好調)

1956
<Brown-Roachグループに請われて参加>
choice1956.01: More Study in Brown/Clifford Brown
(シカゴ時代にBrown-Roachグループと何枚か録音)
choice1956.01: At Basin Street/Clifford Brown
(Brown-Roachグループへの参加作ではコレ)
choice1956.01: Charles Mingus/ Pithecanthropus Erectus
choice1956.03: Sonny Rollins/ Sonny Rollins plus Four
(Brown-Roachグループそのままで、ただし自己名義)
choice1956.05: Sonny Rollins/ Tenor Madness
(フラリとStudioに現れたColtraneとテナーバトル)
<Thematic Improvisationが最高潮した時期>
choice1956.06: Sonny Rollins/ Saxophone Colossus
(ご存知テナーサックス史上最高の傑作)
choice1956.07: Jackie McLean/ 4,5 and 6
choice1956.09: Max Roach Plus Four (EmArcy EJD3054)
(これはRoachグループとの共演)
choice1956.09: Max Roach/ Jazz in 3/4 Time (EmArcy 36108)
choice1956.10: Sonny Rollins/ Sonny Boy
(いやはやこの淀み無いフレーズの大海での浮き身は最高)
choice1956.10: Sonny Rollins/ Plays for Bird (Prestige 7095)
choice1956.10: Thelonious Monk/ Brilliant Corners (Riverside VICJ23522)
(これも結構ファンの多い盤)
choice1956.12: Sonny Rollins/ Vol.1 Blue Note CJ285057)
(Blue Noteへの初録音)
choice1956.12: Sonny Rollins/ Tour de Force (Prestige OJCCD095)
choice1956.12: Art Pepper/ Modern Art

1957
choice1957.01: Art Pepper/ Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section
choice1957.03: Sonny Rollins/ Way out West (Contemporary VICJ23532)
(Ray Brown, Shelly Manne等とContemporaryへの初録音)
choice1957.04: Sonny Rollins/ Volume 2
(JJ, Monk, Siver等との密度高い共演盤)
choice1957.05: Kenny Dorham/ Jazz Contrasts (Riverside OJC028)
choice1957.05: Jackie McLean/ Alto Madness
choice1957.06: Sonny Rollins/ The Sound of Sonny
(Sonny Clarkと肩の凝らない小唄三昧)
choice1957.10: Abbey Lincoln/ That's Him (Riverside VICJ23693)
(知らずに聴けばColeman Hawkinsと間違う)
choice1957.11: Sonny Rollins/ A Night at the Village Vanguard
(Elvin Jones等とのPianoless Trioでのライブの名盤。全部で2枚分の録音がある)
choice1957.11: Sonny Rollins Plays (Period 1204)
(昔騒がれたピリオド盤)
choice1957.12: Duets/Dizzy Gillespie
(Dizzy, Stitt等とのくつろぎセッションで、恐らく最後のサイドメンもの。もう一枚Sunny Side upも同メンバーの録音)

1958
choice1958.01: Sonny Clark/ Cool Struttin'
choice1958.02: Sonny Rollins/ The Freedom Suite (Riverside VICJ23555)
(Pettifod, Roachとの濃密なPianoless盤)
choice1958.03: Julian Cannonball Adderley/ Somethin' Else
choice1958.07: Sonny Rollins/ Brass and Trio
(Rene Thomas等とのPianoless Trio盤)
choice1958.09: Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, Vol. 2 : Sonny Rollins (Atlantic 30XD1012)
(MJQと夏のジャズ祭で)
choice1958.09: Sonny Rollins/ Newk's Time
(売り出しのWynton Kelly相手の熱演)
choice1958.10: Sonny Rollins/ And the Contemporary Leaders (Contemporary VICJ23563)
(Contemporaryの名手達との深夜の録音セッション)
<この頃から3年間が一回目の雲隠れ>
choice1958.12: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Club St Germain 1958

1959
choice1959.02: Al Cohn/ A Night At The Half Note
choice1959.04: Miles Davis/ Kind of Blue
choice1959.04: Barney Wilen/ Barney
choice1959.05:Ornette Coleman/ The Shape of Jazz to Come
(フリーの先駆けとなった盤)
choice1959.05: Curtis Fuller/ Bluesette
choice1959.12: Bill Evans/ Portrait in jazz

1960
choice1960.02: Hank Mobley/ Soul Station
choice1960.10: Cecil Taylor/ The World of
(破壊的なフリージャズピアノの名盤)

1961
choice1961.03: John Coltrane/ Ole
choice1961.07: Eric Dolphy/ At the Five Spot, Vol 1 and 2
choice1961.08: Gene Ammons/ Boss Tenors
choice1961.08: Lee Konitz/ Motion
choice1961.11: John Coltrane/ The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings

1962
choice1962.02: Stan Getz/ Jazz Samba
<この頃、一回目の雲隠れから復帰>
choice1962.03: Sonny Rollins/ The Bridge
(いつものPianolessよりも明確に乾き気味の音が良いが、He is not what he was.)
choice1962.04: Sonny Rollins/ What's New (RCA 2572)
choice1962.07: Sonny Rollins/ Our Man in Jazz (RCA R25J1043)
(何とDon Cherryとのフリージャズに色気を出す)
choice1962.08: Coleman Hawkins/ Hawkins Alive At the Village Gate

1963
choice1963.05: Dexter Grodon/ Our Man In Paris
choice1963.07: Sonny Rollins/ Meets Hawk (RCA R25J1044)
(大先輩であり尊敬するホークと共演叶う)

1964
<肩から無駄な力が抜けて「お帰りなさい」と言えるようになった>
choice1964.01: Sonny Rollins/ Now's the Time
(本当は結構長い演奏を、Avakianがズタズタに切りまくった簡潔な演奏ばかり)
choice1964.01: Sonny Rollins/ The Standard (RCA R25J1012)
choice1964.02: Miles Davis/ The Complete Concert 1964, My funny Valentine + Four and more
choice1964.07: Albert Ayler/ Spiritual Unity
(昔よく聴いた(聴かされた)フリーの代表作)

1965 - 69
choice1965.01: Sonny Rollins/ There will never Be Another You (Impulse 9349)
(Impulse第一弾)
choice1965.07: Sonny Rollins/ On Impulse
(Impulseに移籍して旧友Ray Bryantと)
choice1965.09: John Handy/ Live at Monterey
choice1965.12: Ornett Coleman/ Trio at the Golden Circle
(フリーの先駆者の恐らくは最高傑作)
choice1966.01: Sonny Rollins/ Alfie
(更に映画主題歌で、明快に歌い上げる)
choice1966.02: Wayne Shorter/ Adam's Apple
choice1966.05: Sonny Rollins/ East Broadway Rundown (Impulse 9121)
(フリー気味な即興演奏のド迫力。音も良い)
choice1966.09: Charles Lloyd/ Forest Flower
choice1967.11: Roland Kirk/ The Inflated Tear
choice1968.06: Bill Evans/ At the Montreux Jazz Festival
choice1968.11: Phil Woods/ Alive and well in Paris
choice1969.08: Miles Davis/ Bitches Brew
(マイルスが新しい時代に突入したとされる盤)
choice1969.09: Clifford Jordan/ In the World

1970's
choice1972.02: Chick Corea/ Return to Forever
(フュージョン・ブームの先駆けとなった名盤)
choice1972.04: Sonny Rollins/ Next Album (Milestone VDJ28053)
(Milestoneに移籍してGeorge Cablesと録音)
choice1972.05: Ben Webster/ Stardust-Live at the Haarlemse Jazz Club
choice1973.09: Sonny Rollins/ In Japan (Victor VICJ23001)
(我が増尾が数年間ギターで参加した時期の日本ライブ盤)
choice1973: Zoot Sims/ Zoot at ease
choice1975.02: Miles Davis/ Agartha
(ワウワウ・マイルスが聴ける大阪ライブ盤)
choice1974.11: Modern Jazz Quartet/ The Last Concert
choice1976.10: Weather Report/ Heavy Weather
(ジャコパスを聴くらしいジャズビヨンド盤)
choice1977.07: Art Pepper/ The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions
choice1978: Sonny Rollins/ Milestone Jazzstars
(McCoy TynerとのAll Starライブ)

1980's
choice1983: Herbie Hancock/ Future Shock
(この頃からHip-hopという言葉を聴いた気がする)
choice1984.01: Sonny Rollins/ Sunny Days Starry Nights (Milestone MCD9122)
(ピアノがMark Soskinになってからの録音)
choice1988.05: Johnny Griffin/ Woe Is Me
choice1988.07: J.R. Monterose/ T.T.T.
choice1989.06: Sonny Rollins/ Falling in Love with Jazz (Milestone VICJ10)
(これも80年代の締めくくりとして素晴らしい成果)
choice1989.09: David Fathead Newman/ Blue Head

1990's
choice1990.05: Eddie Harris/ There was a time
choice1990.11: Archie Shepp/ Blues
choice1991.03: Stan Getz/ People Time
choice1991.11: Charles Lloyd/ Notes from Big Sur
choice1993.07: Sonny Rollins/ Old Flames
(久しぶりにTommy Flanaganと、、、)
choice1995.03: Joshua Redman/ Spirit of the Moment, Live at the Village Vanguard
choice1998.01: Sonny Rollins/ Global Warming
(若手相手に、まだまだ元気)
choice1998.01: Steve Grossman Quartet

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