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Word: metrojazz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (Metrojazz). On one side of this disk, Tenor Saxophonist Rollins silhouettes his dry, spare sax sound against a textured curtain of trumpets and trombones, with striking effect in such numbers as Who Cares? and Far Out East. On the other side, backed only by bass and drums, he noodles his way through a series of willowy inventions (on Manhattan, Body and Soul) as continuously surprising as a meandering country road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jazz Records | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

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