Sonny Rollins “Way Out West” (GATEFOLD/PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM CLAXTON/180g) LP

Way Out West puts the focus on tenor saxophone, rhythmic invention, thematic improvisation, and hard-bop power.

• Rollins works in a pianoless trio with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne.
• The open setting leaves extra harmonic space for Rollins to reshape western-themed material and standards through rhythm and thematic improvisation.
• The album became one of Rollins's signature 1950s recordings and a classic of the tenor-trio format.

For fans of John Coltrane, Max Roach, and Thelonious Monk.

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