Sonny left the music biz in the late '50s and early '60s, then returned with a triumphant series of LPs. Here are five of 'em: 1962's Our Man in Jazz (with the jaw-dropping epic Oleo ) and What's New? (he teams with Jim Hall on If Ever I Would Leave You and his own Bluesong ), 1963's storied meeting with Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Meets Hawk! (with thrilling excursions through standards like All the Things You Are and Yesterdays ) and 1964's Now's the Time and The Standard Sonny Rollins (both with Herbie Hancock). A saxophone colossus, this is!
CD.1 (The Bridge):
01. Without a Song
02. Where Are You?
03. John S.
04. The Bridge
05. God Bless the Child
06. You Do Something to Me
CD.2 (Our Man in Jazz):
01. Oleo
02. Dearly Beloved
03. Doxy
04. You Are My Lucky Star
05. I Could Write a Book
06. There Will Never Be Another You
CD.3 (What's New?):
01. If I Ever I Would Leave You
02. Don't Stop the Carnival
03. Jongosos
04. Bluesongo
05. The Night has a Thousand Eyes
06. Brown Skin Girl
CD.4 (Sonny Meets Hawk):
01. Yesterdays
02. All the Things You Are
03. Summertime
04. Just Friends
05. Lover Man
06. At McKie's
07. You're My Lucky Star
08. I Could Write a Book
09. There Will Never Be Another You
CD5 (The Standards Sonny Rollins)
01. Autumn Nocturne
02. Night And Day
03. Love Letters
04. My One And Only Love
05. Three Little Words
06. Travlin' Light
07. I'll Be Seeing You
08. My Ship
09. It Could Happen To You
10. Long Ago (And Far Away)
11. Winter Wonderland
12. When You Wish Upon A Star
13. Travlin' Light
