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Rollins made great recordings from 1949 (with Bud Powell) to the mid 60s. Nowadays he is a monument, but no longer a great musician ... The «Saxophone Colossuses» of today are Joe Lovano, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Tony Malaby ... More Power to them! When I talk to tenor-players they rave about recordings like «Saxophone Colossus», «Way out West», «A Night at the Vanguard» etc. but nobody ever mentions the new stuff by Mister Rollins. Why's that? Because those recordings are pretty lame ...