Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins On Impulse! (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (180g) (LP)

The first of Sonny Rollins' albums for Impulse!, this 1965 collection caught Rollins at the peak of his creative powers, and is arguably the tenor hero's best for the label - an intense, freewheeling set, featuring classic takes on "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Three Little Words" in the company of Ray Bryant (piano), Walter Booker (bass) and Mickey Roker (drums).

Seeking to offer definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded, Verve Label Group and Universal Music Enterprises' new audiophile Acoustic Sounds vinyl reissue series utilizes the skills of top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings. All titles are mastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co. in high-quality gatefold sleeves with tip-on jackets.

If anything, Sonny Rollins on Impulse! feels as if it were a recording Rollins had to get out of his system. But thank goodness for us because it's a winner through and through.

Features

• Acoustic Sounds Series reissue from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises
• 180g Vinyl LP
• All-Analog
• Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound From Original Analog Tapes
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jacket