SONNY ROLLINS WITH THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET

This album covers roughly two years in Rollins's career when he was beginning to emerge as an important force in contemporary jazz. I Know was his first track as a leader, taped at the end of a January 1951 Miles Davis date at Davis's insistence. (Miles even played piano for him.) Sonny's first date as a leader took place on a snowy December night at the end of that year. The meeting with the Modern Jazz Quartet, in October 1953, showed a new maturity, especially in the rendition of Ellington's In a Sentimental Mood. ??Credits?Bass - Percy Heath ?Drums - Art Blakey (tracks: A5 to B6) , Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1 to A4) , Roy Haynes (tracks: B7) ?Piano - John Lewis (tracks: A1 to A4) , Kenny Drew (tracks: A5 to B6) , Miles Davis (tracks: B7) ?Remastered By - Rudy Van Gelder ?Tenor Saxophone - Sonny Rollins ?Vibraphone - Milt Jackson (tracks: A1 to A4) ??Notes?Recorded January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953.??Tracklist?A1 The Stopper ?A2 Almost Like Being In Love ?A3 No Moe ?A4 In A Sentimental Mood ?A5 Scoops ?A6 With A Song In My Heart ?B1 New K's Fadeaway ?B2 Time On My Hands ?B3 This Love Of Mine ?B4 Shadrack ?B5 On A Slow Boat To China ?B6 Mambo Bounce ?B7 I Know