Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJSAU-127.1 Never Gonna Run Away

Never Gonna Run Away

This last date featured one of the greatest lineups of Blakey’s powerhouse outfit The Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan on trumpet

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Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJSAU-127.1 Never Gonna Run AwayBlue Note, 1957 Having first appeared on a Blue Note session as a member of Bud Powells Modernists in 1949, Sonny Rollins returned to the label in 1956 to record a series of four tremendous leader dates in less than a year. Recorded in April 1957, the saxophonists 2nd album for Alfred Lion, Vol. 2, found him in esteemed company with J. J. Johnson on trombone, Horace Silver on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums for a high spirited