Episode 17 from 2012 finishes up our long investigation into the early recordings of Sonny Rollins, closing with the Sonny Rollins Quintet with Kenny Dorham on Prestige in 1956 and the Sonny Rollins Trio sessions in Los Angeles in 1957 for Contemporary Records with Shelley Manne on drums and Ray Brown on bass for the album titled Way Out West.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

WAY OUT WEST

ANCESTOR WORSHIP 17

John Sinclair, 420 Cafe, Amsterdam, December 21, 2012 [21119]

Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo   

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: Star Eyes

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: My Little Suede Shoes

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: Just Friends

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: Old Folks

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: My Melancholy Baby

Sonny Rollins Quintet: The Bird Medley: I Remember You

Sonny Rollins Trio: Way Out West

Sonny Rollins Trio: Wagon Wheels

Sonny Rollins Trio: I’m An Old Cowhand

Sonny Rollins Trio: Come, Gone

Sonny Rollins Trio: There Is No Greater Love

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Sidney Daniels

Special thanks to Sensi Seeds, Ben Dronkers, and Alec 622

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