Swag. This is a swaggy motherfucker for sure. But it's less swaggy than the lineup: Don Cherry (cornet), Bob Cranshaw (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums) all were part of Ornette Coleman's band, but this time it's Sonny Rollins who's leading the charge. Having never listened to Rollins before, I can't argue whether the presence of free jazz veterans inspired the wild nature of the live performance (yes it's a live). Constant call-and-response, mad improv, fluid dynamics, and it's pushing the bop into the avant-garde part of jazz (without the atonality). Some improv parts lasted longer than they should have, but it's nonetheless one swag album.
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