Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Earl Coleman (vocals); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Clifford Brown (trumpet); John Lewis, Kenny Drew, Ray Bryant, Red Garland, Richie Powell, Thelonious Monk, Tommy Flanagan (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Doug Watkins, George Morrow , Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Tommy Potter (bass instrument); Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, Art Taylor (drums).

PRESTIGE PROFILES, a 10-volume series, highlights the work of the major artists who recorded for the label. Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins made some of his finest music for Prestige, including SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, which is widely considered a definitve bop recording. Songs from COLOSSUS are included on this 10-song sampler, as are tunes from his other Prestige discs, all of which are top-shelf. The personnel, which includes Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, and Art Blakey, reads like a who's who of jazz history.

Genre:

• Jazz

Music Categories:

• Jazz Instrument: Bebop

Product Groupings:

• Clearance CDs

Product Series:

• Fantasy Warehouse Clearance Sale

Product Volumes:

• Prestige Profiles