The titan of the tenor saxophone performs on this rare disc with one of his favourite combinations, saxophone, bass and drums. Rollins, in the latter part of 1965 was on tour as a soloist in Europe playing engagements and picking up rhythm sections on the way. This concert, which took place in Paris, Sonny used Gilbert "Bibi" Rovere, one of the better French bassists. Happily Sonny was reunited with his Harlem homeboy, drummer Arthur Taylor, who had been an ex-pat for about three years. Both Rovere and Taylor had to watch and anticipate Rollins' every move as Sonny at this time was into total "stream of conscious" performances with no breaks in between tunes. We'll hear Sonny backed by the rhythm section and playing acapella quoting a whole variety of tunes both familiar and obscure.....they go by fast and require careful listening to catch them all. This is a fun and intense forty plus minutes by one of the all time greatest musicians to grace the planet.....Sonny Rollins!

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