Record Reviews
📝 2096 reviews| Artist | Title | Review |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Robertson | Music For The Native Americans | |
| Jimmie Rodgers | My Rough And Rowdy Ways | |
| Jimmie Rogers | Blues Blues Blues | |
| Sonny Rollins | Sazophone Colossus / Tenor Madness | <h4><b>Saxophone Colossus</b></h4><p>Sonny Rollins recorded many memorable sessions during 1954-1958, but Saxophone Colossus is arguably his finest all-around set. Joined by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Max Roach, Rollins debuts and performs the definitive version of "St. Thomas," tears into the chord changes of "Mack the Knife" (here called "Moritat"), introduces "Strode Rode," is lyrical on "You Don't Know What Love Is," and constructs a solo on "Blue Seven" that practically defines his style. Essential music that, as with all of Rollins' Prestige recordings, has also been reissued as part of a huge "complete" box set; listeners with a tight budget are advised to pick up this single disc and be amazed.</p><h4><b>Tenor Madness</b></h4><p>This CD (whose contents have since been reissued many times) is highlighted by the one meeting on records between Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, an exciting battle on "Tenor Madness." Otherwise this is a more conventional but no less worthy Rollins quartet session with him turning such odd material as "My Reverie" and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" into creative jazz.</p>— <b>Scott Yanow</b> |
| Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | <p>Sonny Rollins recorded many memorable sessions during 1954-1958, but Saxophone Colossus is arguably his finest all-around set. Joined by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Max Roach, Rollins debuts and performs the definitive version of "St. Thomas," tears into the chord changes of "Mack the Knife" (here called "Moritat"), introduces "Strode Rode," is lyrical on "You Don't Know What Love Is," and constructs a solo on "Blue Seven" that practically defines his style. Essential music that, as with all of Rollins' Prestige recordings, has also been reissued as part of a huge "complete" box set; listeners with a tight budget are advised to pick up this single disc and be amazed.</p>— <b>Scott Yanow</b> |
| Sonny Rollins | Way Out West | <p>The timeless Way out West established Sonny Rollins as jazz's top tenor saxophonist (at least until John Coltrane surpassed him the following year). Joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, Rollins is heard at one of his peaks on such pieces as "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)," his own "Way out West," "There Is No Greater Love," and "Come, Gone" (a fast stomp based on "After You've Gone"). The William Claxton photo of Rollins wearing Western gear (and holding his tenor) in the desert is also a classic. [The Contemporary re-release appends three bonus tracks, all of them alternate takes.]</p>— <b>Scott Yanow</b> |
| Pepe Romero | Vivaldi Concerto's For Guitar | |
| Pepe Romero | Rodrigo Guitar Concerto's | |
| Pepe Romero | Rodrigo Guitar Concerto's II | |
| Pepe Romero | Solo Flamenco Pieces | |
| Pepe Romero | Flamenco With Group | |
| Linda Ronstadt | Heart Like A Wheel | |
| Linda Ronstadt | Prisoner In Disguise | |
| Linda Ronstadt | Greatest Hits | |
| Linda Ronstadt | Mad Love | |
| Gennadi Roshdestwensk | Nutcracker Suite | |
| Jacques Rouvier | Debussy Suite Bergamasque | |
| Jacques Rouvier | Debussy Childrens corner | |
| Roxy Music | Greatest Hits | |
| Roxy Music | Siren |
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