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.

Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry - The Complete 1963 Paris Concert (2008) {Gambit 69292}

The collective discography of Sonny Rollins and Don Cherry spans less than a year, but was a fascinating association. This release contains a complete and long unavailable concert by the Sonny Rollins-Don Cherry piano-less quartet - recorded at the Olympia, Paris, in 1963. Among its many highlights, The band work out on a 23-minute version of 'Sonnymoon For Two', a 13-minute version of 'On Green Dolphin Street' and almost 10 minutes of the only existing rendition of "Everything Happens To Me" in both Rollins´ and Cherry´s discographies.