Jazz Classics Series: Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet

Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet is a 1956 compilation album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, featuring his earliest recordings for the Prestige label under his leadership, including four tracks performed by Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet, eight tracks where Kenny Drew and Art Blakey replace Lewis, Jackson, and Clarke, and one track with Miles Davis on piano. The first four tracks, featuring the members of the Modern Jazz Quartet, had been previously released as the 7-inch 45 rpm EP Sonny Rollins With Modern Jazz Quartet. Tracks 5–11 and 13 were featured on the Prestige 10 inch LP Sonny Rollins Quartet, which is reissued in its entirety here. Track 12 was released on the 10" compilation Mambo Jazz. "I Know", featuring Miles Davis on piano, was recorded at the same session as four other tracks under Davis's name, using the same musicians, including the young Rollins. This was Davis's first recording session for Prestige Records and his first with Rollins. Producer Bob Weinstock tried to dissuade Davis from using Rollins, feeling he was not ready, but Davis persuaded Weinstock to let Rollins record a cut under his own name. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_R...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)