Prestige session · in the studio
June 22, 1956
Sonny Rollins Quartet
In the room
Sonny Rollins – tenor sax
Tommy Flanagan – piano- Doug Watkins – bass
Max Roach – drums
Photos: Sonny Rollins, Brianmcmillen at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tommy Flanagan, Laura Kolb Satellite Beach, Florida - Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 · Max Roach, William P. Gottlieb, Public domain
The takes
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 918 | You Don't Know What Love Is | PRLP 7079 |
| 919 | St. Thomas | PRLP 7079 |
| 920 | Strode Rode | PRLP 7079 |
| 921 | Blue 7 | PRLP 7079 |
| 922 | Moritat | PRLP 7079 |
All 5 takes found on Spotify
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 13 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7020 | Work Time | Sonny Rollins | 1956 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7023 | Trombone By Three | J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green | 1956 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7038 | Sonny Rollins Plus 4 | Sonny Rollins Plus 4 | 1956 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7044 | Collectors' Items | Miles Davis | 1956 | Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan |
 | PRLP 7046 | Pairing Off | Phil Woods Septet | 1956 | Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins |
 | BLP 1542 | Sonny Rollins Volume 1 | Sonny Rollins | 1957 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7081 | All Day Long | Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins |
 | PRLP 7088 | Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell Quintet | 1957 | Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins |
 | PRLP 7095 | Rollins Plays For Bird | Sonny Rollins Quintet With Kenny Dorham And Max Roach | 1957 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7124 | Flute Flight | Herbie Mann|Bobby Jaspar | 1958 | Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins |
 | PRLP 7126 | Tour De Force | Sonny Rollins | 1958 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach |
 | BLP 4001 | Newk's Time · not on the site yet | Sonny Rollins | 1959 | Sonny Rollins, Doug Watkins |
 | PRLP 7180 | Gene Ammons Quintet | Gene Ammons Quintet | 1960 | Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins |