Rollins and Coltrane

[Bright Moments]

did they ever play together on an album?

[AndrewHill]

Tenor Madness, if I recall. When I saw him back in 2001, he said this was dedicated to a "great friend" of his, which was the encore, "Tenor Madness".

Edited April 4, 2009 by Holy Ghost

[danasgoodstuff]

"Tenor Madness", one cut on the album of the same title. I've never even heard of anything else, but I'm not much of a 'trader'...

[JSngry]

Just the one cut that I know of, official or otherwise.

Trane was actually a little disappointed, felt that Rollins was toying with him rather thna coming at him head on. But hey, the both did what they were doing at the time.

But you can hear Rollins play "Naima" in Copenhagen, 1968, on one of those Moon things.

[BillF]

But you can hear Rollins play "Naima" in Copenhagen, 1968, on one of those Moon things.

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz.

[jostber]

Some stories here:

[fasstrack]

But you can hear Rollins play "Naima" in Copenhagen, 1968, on one of those Moon things.

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz.

Nice little tune. Supposed to be based on a Sonny lick. I used to hear guys play it a lot. It goes up, like in minor thirds, I think. I always liked Trane's opening on his solo. It was so melodic I thought it was part of the tune.

[Stereojack]

But you can hear Rollins play "Naima" in Copenhagen, 1968, on one of those Moon things.

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz.

Nice little tune. Supposed to be based on a Sonny lick. I used to hear guys play it a lot. It goes up, like in minor thirds, I think. I always liked Trane's opening on his solo. It was so melodic I thought it was part of the tune.

The tune "Like Sonny" ( also recorded as "Simple Like") is based on lick played by Sonny Rollins. You can hear Sonny play it on the Kenny Dorham album "Jazz Contrasts" (Riverside/OJC) during his solo on "My Old Flame"

[fasstrack]

But you can hear Rollins play "Naima" in Copenhagen, 1968, on one of those Moon things.

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz.

Nice little tune. Supposed to be based on a Sonny lick. I used to hear guys play it a lot. It goes up, like in minor thirds, I think. I always liked Trane's opening on his solo. It was so melodic I thought it was part of the tune.

The tune "Like Sonny" ( also recorded as "Simple Like") is based on lick played by Sonny Rollins. You can hear Sonny play it on the Kenny Dorham album "Jazz Contrasts" (Riverside/OJC) during his solo on "My Old Flame"

Yeah. I knew I heard it somewhere. I guess I knew to listen after Trane said how he wrote it.

Tank-a-you

Edited April 4, 2009 by fasstrack

[BillF]

But you can hear Rollins play "Naima" in Copenhagen, 1968, on one of those Moon things.

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz.

Nice little tune. Supposed to be based on a Sonny lick. I used to hear guys play it a lot. It goes up, like in minor thirds, I think. I always liked Trane's opening on his solo. It was so melodic I thought it was part of the tune.

The tune "Like Sonny" ( also recorded as "Simple Like") is based on lick played by Sonny Rollins. You can hear Sonny play it on the Kenny Dorham album "Jazz Contrasts" (Riverside/OJC) during his solo on "My Old Flame"

Yeah. I knew I heard it somewhere. I guess I knew to listen after Trane said how he wrote it.

Tank-a-you

Coltrane also recorded it in 1960 under the title of "Simple Like" with a quartet of McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Billy Higgins.

[AllenLowe]

interestingly, or not - the central riff of the theme for tenor madness is heard on a Professor Longhair recording from a few years earlier, played by his tenor saxophonist (Lee Allen?) - on Her Mind is Gone -

Edited April 4, 2009 by AllenLowe

[Bright Moments]

tenor madness - of course!!

never saw this though!!

sonny/coltrane

[JSngry]

interestingly, or not - the central riff of the theme for tenor madness is heard on a Professor Longhair recording from a few years earlier, played by his tenor saxophonist (Lee Allen?) - on Her Mind is Gone -

It also goes back to "Rue Chaptal" from a 1946 Kenny Clarke/Kenny Dorham date. I learned that a few years ago right here on Organissimo from Mike Fitzgerald!

[JSngry]

tenor madness - of course!!

never saw this though!!

sonny/coltrane

Oh, htat's one of the later Prestige 24000 "two-fer" series". Sometimes thise things would add previously unissued material. This one did not.

[Jazzmoose]

You know, back when I first got into jazz, I heard this Rollins guy was pretty good. The only sax player I was really into at the time was Coltrane, so I figured it was time to expand my horizons. I went to the store, found Tenor Madness, went home, and threw it on the stereo without reading the liner notes or cover.

I almost gave up on jazz right there. I figured if I was that into Coltrane, and this Rollins guy sounded just like Coltrane on a lot of the first tune, I obviously didn't have the critical faculties to really enjoy jazz...