Sonny Rollins Trio Live in Europe 1959
Yes! Rafi is right. This set goes for $36.52 on Amazon. Great music from a Jazz giant.
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Sonny Rollins Trio Live in Europe 1959
Is this the single greatest value on the entire Emusic site? Twenty-five—count 'em—twenty-five cuts by Sonny Rollins, in one of his primes, with an excellent trio, in concert and (apparently) in a radio studio, pretty much ten tons of genius for under six dollars. Find me something better than this. Go ahead. I'll wait. Rollins is in astounding form throughout. Grab this set while the price lasts: it's probably a mistake, priced for one CD instead of three, count 'em, three. If you have ears on your head, pounce. What a delight.
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