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I gotta recognise Percy France is totally new to me! Any recs?

1955 was not a very prolific year for Sonny Rollins. One studio album as a leader for Prestige (‘Wortime’) plus live recordings with the Brownie-Roach ensemble. Dan I am (painstakingly slowly) converting all my CD collection into digital format, musician by musician. This allows me to prepare sort of partially complete discographies in chronological order... and this also allows me to engage in these crazy listening binges, using the most accessible discography at hand! (this time it’s the Japanese Jazzdisco.org, not the most complete or reliable one) 😜

1954 comes next. Three tracks from: (reissued on 'Early Art') Plus four from: (reissued on 'Bag's Groove') Four from: (reissued in 'Movin' Out') And finally three from: (reissued on 'TM and SR')

Movin' on to the 1953 sessions: Miles Davis Sextet, Sonny Rollins with the MJQ and Thelonious Monk Quintet, contained in the following discs: &

Now the 1951 sessions, led by either Miles Davis or Sonny, and scattered across the following discs: Skipped: the 1951 Birdland broadcasts.

Now heading to Bud Powell's Modernists session from 9 August 1949. Tracks "Bouncing With Bud", "Wail", "Dance Of The Infidels" and "52nd St. Theme" from:

Second stage: J.J. Johnson Quintet (11 May, 1949) and J.J. Johnson's Boppers with Sonny and Kenny Dorham (26 May, 1949): I am only listening to those tracks with Sonny, but you have either the Classics CD or the digital copy on Spotify. Enjoy the re-bop thing!

First stage in my summer trip through the entire recorded output of one of my heroes, Sonny Rollins:

Chris was working on a Lil Armstrong autobiography (“as told to”) for some time but he gave up some years ago.

I would need a “None” option

Now listening:

Those are exactly my feelings...

Some of my favourite Dexter there! Strongly recommended.