Saxophone Colossus
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Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Perhaps Rollins's best-known album, it is often considered his breakthrough record. It was recorded monophonically on June 22, 1956, with producer Bob Weinstock and engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the latter's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Rollins led a quartet on the album that included pianist Tommy Flanagan…

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April 27th, 1957
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Prestige

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DownBeat (Ralph J. Gleason – June 27, 1957)
5/5 stars
Jazzwise (July 22, 2019)
5/5 stars
Record Mirror (Peter Jones – 19 February 1966)
3/5 stars
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