Sonny Rollins – East Broadway Run Down (LP Vinyl)

Recorded in 1966 with Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison holding down the rhythm, this session captures Rollins at a genuine crossroads, absorbing the fire of the avant-garde without abandoning the melodic authority that made him a tenor saxophone colossus. The title track stretches past eighteen minutes, a meditation that rewards patient listeners the same way a long second set rewards the faithful.