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The set includes all of Rollins's sideman appearances for Riverside, all made in Roach's creative orbit. There's a quintet date with trumpeter Kenny Dorham that adds harp to a rendition of "My Old Flame," another with Abbey Lincoln that brings gritty realism and high drama to jazz singing, and Thelonious Monk's essential Brilliant Corners. Rollins also leads terrific sessions with pianists Sonny Clark and Hampton Hawes and guitarist Barney Kessel, with a repertoire from "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" to a theme from Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" symphony. Though he would already go as far as solo saxophone for a version of "It Could Happen to You," Rollins is at his very best--both his wittiest and most profound--with just bass and drum accompaniment. The first Contemporary recording, originally released as Way Out West, plays with the East-West rivalry then current in jazz. Rollins, the quintessential East Coaster, is clearly having great fun applying himself to "I'm an Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels," and that only feeds the level of group invention with Roy Brown and Shelly Manne. Amidst all this great music, the crowning touch is the Freedom Suite session, with Rollins working through the 20-minute title track and a series of standards with superb support and interplay from Roach and Oscar Pettiford.

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