Product Description
Title: Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recording Format: 4 LP Vinyl Label: Resonance Barcode: 0617270122877
Release date: May 17th 2024
4LP – Limited Edition 180g Vinyl Box Set. Mastered by the legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. Includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Ed van der Elsken, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Bob Parent and many others; lead liners by jazz scholar Bob Blumenthal, and new interviews with various.
Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings is the first official release of the ‘Saxophone Colossus‘ Sonny Rollins’ European tour in 1959 with bassist Henry Grimes, and drummers Pete La Roca, Kenny Clarke and Joe Harris. Available previously only as a bootleg release, this is the first official release in cooperation with Sonny Rollins and is the first release on vinyl, as a limited-edition 180-gram 4LP box set.
Freedom Weaver includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Ed van der Elsken, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Bob Parent and many others; lead liners by jazz scholar Bob Blumenthal, and new interviews with Rollins himself, Branford Marsalis, James Carter, Joe Lovano, James Brandon Lewis and Peter Brötzmann. Mastered by the legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman.
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Henry Grimes – bass
Pete La Roca, Joe Harris*, Kenny Clarke** – drums
Track List:
SIDE A
1. St. Thomas (7:32) – Nalen Stockholm, March 2, 1959
2. There Will Never Be Another You (5:52) – Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
3. Stay As Sweet As You Are (4:41) – Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
4. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star (4:52) – Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
SIDE B
1. How High the Moon (10:46) – Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
2. Oleo (6:00) – Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
3. Paul’s Pal (9:30) – Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
SIDE C
1. Sonny Rollins Interview (1:54) – Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
2. It Don’t Mean a Thing #1 (4:54)* – Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
3. Paul’s Pal #2 (7:00)* – Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
4. Love Letters (5:34)* – Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959
SIDE D
1. I Remember You (6:50) – Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
2. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star #2 (6:33) – Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
3. It Could Happen To You (3:27) – Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
4. Oleo #2 (3:15) – Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
5. Will You Still Be Mine? (4:16) – Zürich, Switzerland, March 5, 1959
6. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star #3 (4:26) – Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959
SIDE E
1. I Want to Be Happy (4:08) – Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959
2. A Weaver of Dreams (4:12) – Laren, Holland, March 7, 1959
3. It Don’t Mean a Thing #2 (4:31) – Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
4. Cocktails For Two (4:58) – Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
5. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star #4 (5:54) – Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
6. I Want to Be Happy #2 (5:15) – Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 1959
SIDE F
1. Woody ‘n’ You (15:54)** – Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959
SIDE G
1. But Not for Me (17:39)** – Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959
SIDE H
1. Lady Bird (18:49)** – Aix-en-Provence, France, March 11, 1959
