Sonny Rollins Quartet - Moritat (MackThe Knife)

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out this Sonny Rollins Quartet....with a cut called Moritat...or street ballad in German...also can be a murderous deed....

..so...in essence the definition covers this song either way...its a smooth street ballad...plus Sonny and the crew are killing it!! 

...it's also  known as  "Ballad of Mack the Knife" (Die Moritat von Mackie Messer) the original smooth criminal, not the one mentioned by Michael Jackson!!

...anyway...the Sonny Rollins Quartet are Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Max Roach (drums) ...that's a nice crew!! check this out!!

Sonny Rollins - Here's To The People

 Digital Crate Digging Continues!! the venue? my constituents call it Music Monday..

Jazz, funk, house music, hip hop? it's on these menus!! my mantra? let the music play!!

Jazz will play in the background, we didn't back down!! on this Monday evening? we'll try to get our minds right!!

New England Patriots didn't back down in Super Bowl 51 as the Atlanta Falcons came undone!! ATLiens we're heard saying "it ain't right" 

Jazz will play in the background due to being in a Sunday Jazz mood, we'll try to get our minds right!! we're listening to Sonny Rollins with   Here's To The People...

Check out the players and the track as they get down!! how did we get down? we're doing this for people!!

• Drums –  Steve Jordan
• Electric Bass – Bob Cranshaw
• Electric Guitar – Jerome Harris
• Piano – Mark Soskin
• Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins
• Trombone – Clifton Anderson

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Sonny Rollins - Here's To The People

Sonny Rollins - Harlem Boys

Digital Crate Digging Continues!! We're listening to some jazz funk / disco jazz from Sonny Rollins with a track called Harlem Boys. Check out the players and the track...

• Congas, Percussion – Bill Summers
• Drums – Al Foster
• Electric Bass – Jerome Harris
• Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Mark Soskin
• Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins ‎– No Problem

Sunday Jazz Continues!! We're listening to this classic jazz-funk track from  Sonny Rollins ‎ called No Problem. This is from his album of the same name. Check out the players and the track..

• Drums – Tony Williams
• Electric Bass – Bob Cranshaw
• Electric Guitar – Bobby Broom
• Tenor Saxophone, Producer – Sonny Rollins
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bobby Hutcherson