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內容簡介 "The Bridge" marked Sonny Rollins’ first album after his three-year long self-imposed musical exile. Living on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, he was often spotted on the nearby Williamsburg Bridge at night, deep in a rigorous practice session. “In 1959 I had a lot of acclaim”, explained the saxophonist, “but I wanted to improve my playing. It was that simple. I wanted to get better. I didn’t feel I was playing well enough; not as well as I wanted. So I stopped playing live for audiences. I stopped recording. And this is the, I guess, famous story that people know about me –you know The Bridge”. The album that represented Rollins’ comeback was all recorded in a piano-less quartet format, with Jim Hall on guitar, plus Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Ben Riley on drums (replaced by Harry T. Saunders on just one track).
