The Complete Blue Note Recordings (1956)

About this title: The Complete Blue Note Records is a five-disc box set that contains everything Sonny Rollins recorded for the label between 1956 and 1957. Each disc has been previously released individually -- this set simply collects Sonny Rollins, Vols. 1 & 2, Newk's Time and A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vols. 1 & 2 in one slipcase, with no new remastering. For anyone intending to replace their Rollins Blue Note collection, or wishing to acquire all of this music at the same time, this set is essential, but anyone that already owns the individual discs needn't bother with this set. Stephen Thomas ... read more

Tracks:

1. Decision [Rollins]
2. Bluesnote [Rollins]
3. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? [Harburg/Lane]
4. Plain Jane [Rollins]
5. Sonnysphere [Rollins]
6. Why Don't I [Rollins]
7. Wail March [Rollins]
8. Misterioso [Monk]
9. Reflections [Monk]
10. You Stepped Out of a Dream [Brown/Kahn]
11. Poor Butterfly [Hubbell/Golden]
12. Tune Up [Davis]
13. Asiatic Raes [Dorham]
14. Wonderful! Wonderful! [Raleigh/Edwards]
15. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
16. Blues for Philly Joe [Rollins]
17. Namely You [Mercer/DePaul]
18. A Night in Tunisia [Alternate Take] [Gillespie/Paparelli]
19. I've Got You Under My Skin [Porter]
20. A Night in Tunisia [Evening Take] [Gillespie/Paparelli]
21. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise [Romberg/Hammerstein]
22. Four [Davis]
23. Woody 'N You [Gillespie]
24. Old Devil Moon [Lane/Harburg]
25. What Is This Thing Called Love? [Porter]
26. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise [Take 2] [Romberg/Hammerstein]
27. Sonnymoon for Two [Rollins]
28. I Can't Get Started [Duke/Gershwin]
29. I'll Remember April [Raye/DePaul/Johnsto]
30. Get Happy [Koehler/Arlen]
31. Striver's Row [Rollins]
32. All the Things You Are [Kern/Hammerstein]
33. Get Happy [Short Version] [Koehler/Arlen]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.