Road Shows, Vol.1

Sonny Rollins - the original Saxophone Colossus - is back once again with an exciting first volume of live recordings taken from his recent world tours to sold out venues and ecstatic receptions across the globe. Featuring his fantastic band playing many of his classic tunes as well as new material, this is Sonny in his latter prime.

Road Shows, the first volume in what promises to be a long series, is like no other recording. One of the things that makes it so remarkable, beyond the magnificence of the performances, is that the artist himself chose the selections-the selections gathered here measure up to Sonny Rollins's own exacting standards. The project was triggered in part by a businessman and dedicated Rollins enthusiast, Carl Smith, who collected hundreds of recordings of Rollins concerts from around the world, offering them to Rollins to use at his discretion.