Worktime

Sonny Rollins has emerged from his ‘woodshed’ in Chicago a vibrant and more complete musician with promise of still more to come. These recordings, made shortly after he came East as a member of the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group, are stimulating as no intoxicant or spirit, but only music can be. Max Roach is fantastic and masterful, as he is everywhere at once but never in the way. This is not “pop” jazz, made palatable for people with weak viscera or none at all. This is jazz, Jim! It runs deep emotionally. It gets down to hard swinging without sacrificing thinking.” (Ira Gitler)
Personnel: Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone; Ray Bryant, piano; George Morrow, bass; Max Roach, drums