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Silver City: A Celebration Of 25 Years On Milestone (CD)

By: Sonny Rollins (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Silver City: A Celebration Of 25 Years On Milestone (CD) Album By Sonny Rollins (Artist)
1   Autumn Nocturne
2   Duke Of Iron
3   Cabin In The Sky
4   Harlem Boys
5   Where Or When
6   To A Wild Rose
7   Mava Mava
8   Tennessee Waltz
9   G-Man
 
DISC 2 for Silver City: A Celebration Of 25 Years On Milestone (CD) Album By Sonny Rollins (Artist)
1   McGhee
2   Someone To Watch Over Me
3   I'm Old Fashioned
4   Just Once
5   Lucky Day
6   Darn That Dream
7   Silver City
8   Skylark
9   Tell Me You Love Me
10   Biji
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (10/25/96, p.117) - "...Whether he's creating and releasing tension on `Autumn Nocturne' or exuding vitality on `Tell Me You Love Me,' Rollins' strength and honesty are striking..." - Rating: A
Down Beat (2/97, pp.45-46) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...SILVER CITY assembles peak recordings over a quarter-century span from the guy who showed us where the peak is. Is it great? Damn straight!..."
JazzTimes (3/97, p.79) - "...19 straightahead jazz tracks were chosen from 12 albums, and there is not one of them that will fail to captivate the listener's attention from start to finish. After digesting this undiluted dose of heated improvisation, the natural instinct would be to revisit the source albums in their entirety..."

Title Note

Personnel: Sonny Rollins (saxophone); Jimmy Heath (conductor); John Faddis, Byron Stripling (flugelhorn); Clifton Anderson (trombone); Alex Brofsky (French horn); Bob Stewart (tuba); Mark Soskin (acoustic & electric pianos, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizer); Stephen Scott, Tommy Flanagan, Stanley Cowell, George Cables (piano); Jerome Harris (electric guitar, electric bass); Yoshiaki Masuo (acoustic & electric guitars); Aurell Ray (electric 12-string guitar); Bobby Broom (electric guitar); Bob Cranshaw acoustic & electric basses); Russel Blake (electric bass); Tony Williams, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Jack DeJohnette, Al Foster, David Lee, Tommy Campbell, Steve Jordan (drums); Bill Summers, Mtume (congas, percussion); Lucille Rollins (cowbell).

Producers: Orrin Keepnews, Sonny Rollins, Lucille Rollins.

Compilation producers: Sonny Rollins, Lucille Rollins.

Recorded between July 1972 and October 1995. Includes liner notes by Chip Stern, Ralph Kaffel, Orrin Keepnews, Gary Giddins, Mark Soskin, Ron Holloway, Tommy Flanagan, Bobby Broom, Bob Cranshaw and Clifton Anderson.

In the 19 cuts on this anthology Rollins covers all the bases, and then some. The four-minute unaccompanied opening to the live recording of "Autumn Nocturne" is ridiculously cool; the stomping "G-Man" barrels along in a righteously modal vein with Marvin "Smitty" Smith grooving hard on drums. The handful of ballads are lush and exploratory, from the Gerswhin chestnut "Someone To Watch Over Me" to "Tennessee Waltz." DeJohnette provides the underpinning for the cooking minor blues "McGhee," and the Caribbean-inflected originals, such as "Mava Mava" and "Duke of Iron," which pulse with exuberance and life.

Rollins' original Milestone producer Orrin Keepnews, critic Gary Giddins (who had a hand in the selection of the material) and journalist Chip Stern all contribute notes to the accompanying booklet, unnecessarily defending Rollins from those who insist his records don't measure up to his reputation as a live performer. Yeah, there's a disco tune on here, but the energy revealed in these cuts might have you grooving along to "Harlem Boys" before you know it.

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