Episode 980 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in Detroit’s Cass Corridor at 55 Peterboro Street with an hour of music from the earliest years of the Prestige Records era of Sonny Rollins’ incredible development into one of the greatest jazzmen of all time, including cuts from sessions with Jay Jay Johnson’s Boppers (May 26, 1949); The Miles Davis Quintet (January 17, 1951); the Miles Davis Sextet (October 5, 1951); the first Sonny Rollins ate as a leader with hIs quartet (December 17, 1951); a session with the Modern Jazz Quartet (October 7, 19 53); and the complete quintet date with Thelonious Monk (November 13, 1953). Special thanks for the inspiration for the three Sonny Rollins programs to Eric Nisenson, author of Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and his World of Improvisation.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
DIG: SONNY ROLLINS ON PRESTIGE—1
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 980
Cass Corridor, Detroit, October 5, 2022 [22503]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Jay Jay Johnson’s Boppers: Opus V
Miles Davis Quintet: Morpheus (January 17, 1951)
Miles Davis Quintet: Down (January 17, 1951)
Sonny Rollins Quartet featuring Miles Davis: I Know (January 17, 1951)
Miles Davis Sextet: Out of the Blue (October 5, 1951)
Miles Davis Sextet: Dig (October 5, 1951)
Sonny Rollins Quartet: Mambo Bounce (December 17, 1951)
Sonny Rollins Quartet: Shadrack (December 17, 1951)
Sonny Rollins Quartet: Newk’s Fadeaway (December 17, 1951)
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet: The Stopper (October 7, 1953)
Thelonious Monk Quintet: Let’s Call This (November 13, 1953)
Thelonious Monk Quintet: Friday the 13th (November 13, 1953)
Thelonious Monk Quintet: Think of One (November 13, 1953)
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt
Special thanks to Eric Nisenson
© 2022 The John Sinclair Foundation