Rollins Plays for Bird


Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos describes the album as " disappointment in terms of the division of labor, and not the merging of titans jazz lovers would have wished for, this recording still provides a great deal of high level music that could have been so much more".

Track listing

  1. "Bird Medley: I Remember You/My Melancholy Baby/Old Folks/They Can't Take That Away From Me/Just Friends/My Little Suede Shoes/Star Eyes" – 26:55
  2. "Kids Know" – 11:39
  3. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" – 4:52
  4. "The House I Live In" – 9:21 Bonus track on the RVG Prestige edition

Personnel