Recordings
February, 1959
RecordingsMGM has spawned a new and highly vocal infant, name of Metrojazz Records. Of the two initial releases -- both cut under the aegis of our own Leonard Feather -- the one more likely to become a conversation piece is Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (Metrojazz E1002). On one side of the disc the fast-soaring young tenor man is backed for the first time (and about time, too) by a big band. Arrangements and conducting were left to the capable pen and baton of Ernie (ex-Basie) Wilkins, who ma...