Sonny Rollins Quartet / Complete Village Gate Tapes 1962 Vol.1&2 (8CDR)

Complete Village Gate Tapes Vol. 1

DISC 1 - July 27th -
1.Intro
2.Oleo
3. Unknown A (first version)
4. Unknown track 05
5. Doxy/Love Walked In

DISC 2 - July 28th -
1. Dearly Beloved
2.Doxy
3.Solitude

DISC 3 - July 28th -
1.Oleo
2. Saint Thomas

DISC 4 - July 28th -
1. Intro/Lover
2. Stay as Sweet as You Are /Alexander's Ragtime Band
3. Presentation of Musicians by Sonny Rollins
4. Home, Sweet Home

Live at Village Gate, New York City, New York July 27th & 28th 1962

Complete Village Gate Tapes Vol.2

DISC 1 - July 29th -
1. Intro/Unknown 3
2. Oleo

DISC 2 - July 29th -
1. Toot, Toot, Tootsie / Goodbye
2. Unknown A (second version)

DISC 3 - July 30th -
1. Unknown 5
2. Unknown 6
3. Unknown 7
4. Unknown 8

DISC 4 - July 30th -
1. Oleo
2. Three Little Words
3. Unknown 9

Live at Village Gate, New York City, New York, July 29th & 30th, 1962

Sonny Rollins - tenor sax
Don Cherry - trumpet
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

A stunning recording by one of the jazz giants, Sonny Rollins, has arrived.

July 27th-30th, 1962 (Complete with Vol. 1 & Vol. 2)
Vol. 1 main feature includes recordings from the 27th and 28th.

This is a complete recording, approximately 7 hours long, of live recordings made at the prestigious Village Gate in New York, from which only 3 tracks were included on the album "Our Man In Jazz." This is a leaked sound source from someone involved in the production.

Vol. 2 main feature includes recordings from the 29th and 30th.

This is a complete recording, approximately 7 hours long, of live recordings made at the prestigious Village Gate in New York, from which only 3 tracks were included on the album "Our Man In Jazz." This is a leaked sound source from someone involved in the production.

The recordings cover a total of 4 days from the 27th to the 30th, and the officially recorded tracks "Doxy" and "Oleo" include multiple takes, all of which are long versions.

There are also plenty of other tracks that are around 20 minutes long, including a free-form, extended performance of "Home, Sweet Hom," a long medley version of "Stay As Sweet As You Are" followed by "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and a long improvisation with a completely unknown title.