Tenor Madness

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"Tenor Madness" is a landmark 1956 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, best known for its title track featuring the only recorded duet between Rollins and John Coltrane.

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Tenor Madness (track) 3
Tenor Madness canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album ⓘ
jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Sonny Rollins ⓘ
associatedWithMovement hard bop era ⓘ
bassist Paul Chambers ⓘ
bestKnownFor title track featuring a duet between Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane ⓘ
chronologyNextTitle Sonny Rollins, Volume One ⓘ
chronologyNextYear 1956 ⓘ
chronologyPreviousTitle Work Time ⓘ
chronologyPreviousYear 1955 ⓘ
composerOfTitleTrack Sonny Rollins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtDepicts Sonny Rollins with tenor saxophone ⓘ
drummer Philly Joe Jones ⓘ
engineer Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
featuresMusician John Coltrane ⓘ
Paul Chambers ⓘ
Philly Joe Jones ⓘ
Red Garland ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation landmark jazz album ⓘ
hasTrack My Reverie ⓘ
Paul’s Pal ⓘ
Tenor Madness (track) ⓘ
linked to: Tenor Madness

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ⓘ
When Your Lover Has Gone ⓘ
instrumentation tenor saxophone, piano, double bass, drums ⓘ
label Prestige Records ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length approximately 37 minutes ⓘ
notableFor only known recorded tenor saxophone duet between Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane ⓘ
originalFormat 12-inch LP ⓘ
performer Sonny Rollins ⓘ
pianist Red Garland ⓘ
producer Bob Weinstock ⓘ
recordedAt Hackensack, New Jersey ⓘ
Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
recordedIn 1956 ⓘ
recordLabelCatalogNumber Prestige PRLP 7047 ⓘ
releaseDate 1956 ⓘ
sideOneTrack Paul’s Pal ⓘ
Tenor Madness (track) ⓘ
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When Your Lover Has Gone ⓘ
sideTwoTrack My Reverie ⓘ
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ⓘ
subgenre hard bop ⓘ
tenorSaxophonist Sonny Rollins ⓘ
tenorSaxophonistOnTitleTrack John Coltrane ⓘ
titleTrack Tenor Madness (track) ⓘ
linked to: Tenor Madness

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Sonny Rollins → notableWork → Tenor Madness ⓘ
Tenor Madness → titleTrack → Tenor Madness (track) ⓘ
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Tenor Madness → hasTrack → Tenor Madness (track) ⓘ
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Tenor Madness → sideOneTrack → Tenor Madness (track) ⓘ
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