Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry - Complete 1963 Stuttgart Concert (2009) {Rare Live Recordings RLR 88645}

This edition contains all known music from the 1963 Stuttgart performance by the Sonny Rollins-Don Cherry piano-less quartet, including the three initial tunes, appearing here on CD for the first time ever, and the concerts finale, Oleo, previously unissued in any format. As a bonus, we have included a rare trio version of I Want to Be Happy recorded by Rollins live at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and two rare 1965 quintet tracks.

Musicians

Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
Don Cherry (trumpet 1-4)
Milt Jackson (vibraphone 6, 7)
Kenny Drew (piano 6, 7)
Henry Grimes (bass 1-5), Percy Heath (bass 6, 7)
Billy Higgins (drums 1-4), Roy Haynes (drums 5), Art Blakey (drums 6, 7)

Tracks 1-4 recorded live at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany, January 29, 1963.
Track 5 recorded at Newport Jazz Festival, July 7, 1958.
Tracks 6, 7 recorded as broadcast from Berlin, Germany, October 30, 1965.

Tracks

1. 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) (1:19)
2. On Green Dolphin Street (B. Kaper - N. Washington) (18:32)
3. Sonnymoon For Two (S. Rollins) (22:32)
4. Oleo (S. Rollins) (4:40)
5. I Want To Be Happy (V. Youmans - I. Caesar) (6:48)
6. Oleo (S. Rollins) (6:16)
7. Sonny's Blues (S. Rollins) (9:13)