Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas download song

Memories of driving to the beach early morning in my convertible with this playing.

This brings me back to 8th grade jazz killing these solos on my tenor

Rollins is a such a creative genius. His improvisational prowess, especially in this era, is just stunning. If you listen closely, his opening improvisational line is an echo of a simple riff Flanagan plays the second time through the head at :42. Rollins picks it up and makes a whole theme out of it. Amazing. Also, after Roach's solo, Rollins toys with him, commenting on the fact that Roach increased the tempo during his drum solo with a playful attempt to slow the tempo back down from 4:07 to 4:12, then jokingly mocking Roach by racing through a riff from 4:13 to 4:16 emphasizing the difference, then giving up with a sort of "Ok, now let's play at your speed!" with a long extraordinary lick from 4:19 to 4:30. And all the while, he is creating the most amazingly intricate lines. He is a musical genius, and master of improvisation. A Saxophone Colossus indeed.

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one of my favourite jazz songs

This is what I call the good stuff being and old sax may myself back in the day.

There is 99.9% chance the melody will get stuck in your head.

This never gets old.

Check out Sonny’s classic solo on St. Thomas and study how he takes one simple interval and creates an entire solo out of it.

0:00 This is when the song starts

Trust your ears , don’t analyze too much

Sexiest drum solo of all time

Thx for bringing jazz to my attention GTA IV soundtrack :)

I first started listening to Sonny in the late 60's as a teenager. This recording's clarity is great and I enjoy jazz music and Sonny more than ever.

I remember the first I listened to Saint Thomas. How amazed I was with Sonny with how he started his solo. Playful staccato, taking a small idea, looping through great modular variations and letting it go before it being overused.  It takes genius to grasp to a wonderful idea as it arises and impeccable taste to allow it to subside gracefully before allowing life to breath through the other segments of one's message in a solo.   Superb... I recognized Sonny Rollins' mastery within the first measures of this solo

HELLO! UNITED AIRLINES? I NEED TWO ONE WAY TICKETS TO ST. THOMAS.

Man I wrekin dis on the recorder. My neighbors hate me

1. Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Max Roach (drums) Tommy Flanagan (piano); Doug Watkins (bass) 2. Hard Bop 3. 32 Bar 4. Love the melody of the tenor sax.

3:53 let’s go to another dimension!!