Episode 4 of the Ancestor Worship show investigates the early recordings of Sonny Rollins for Prestige Records, including dates with J.J. Johnson’s Boppers (May 26, 1949), the Miles Davis Sextet (January 17, 1951 and October 5, 1951), the Sonny Rollins Quartet (December 17, 1951} and the Modern Jazz Quartet (October 7, 1953).

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

NEWK’S FADEAWAY

ANCESTOR WORSHIP 04

John Sinclair, NE Sector, Detroit, August 27, 2012 [20671]

Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo

Sonny Rollins: Down

[Sonny Rollins: I Know

Sonny Rollins: Whispering

Sonny Rollins: Blue Room

Sonny Rollins: Morpheus

Sonny Rollins: Denial

Sonny Rollins: It’s Only A Paper Moon

Sonny Rollins: Opus V

Sonny Rollins: Time On My Hands

Sonny Rollins: In A Sentimental Mood

Sonny Rollins: Shadrack

Sonny Rollins: Mambo Bounce

Sonny Rollins: On A Slow Boat To China

Sonny Rollins: Scoops (Sonny Rollins Quartet

Sonny Rollins: With A Song In My Heart

Sonny Rollins: The Stopper

Sonny Rollins: Newk’s Fadeaway

Sonny Rollins: No Moe

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

Special thanks to Sunny, Celia & Beyonce Sinclair