Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker.Sonny Rollins discography, JazzDisco.org. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos describes the album as "[a] disappointment in terms of the division of labor, and not the merging of titans jazz lovers would have wished for, this recording still provides a great deal of high level music that could have been so much more".
Track listing All compositions by Sonny Rollins except where noted.
"Bird Medley: I Remember You/My Melancholy Baby/Old Folks/They Can't Take That Away From Me/Just Friends/My Little Suede Shoes/Star Eyes" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger/Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton/Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis/Charlie Parker/Gene DePaul, Don Raye) – 26:55 "Kids Know" – 11:39 "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 4:52 "The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 9:21
Personnel Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone Kenny Dorham – trumpet (except 3) Wade Legge – piano George Morrow – bass Max Roach – drums
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