Manhattan Egos

This collection consists of recordings by avant-garde jazz musician Huey “Sonny” Simmons. The first session from 1969 finds Simmons on alto saxophone and English horn paired with trumpeter and future wife Barbara Donald. Their playing style is influenced by the early free-jazz music of saxophonist John Coltrane and trumpeter Donald Ayler. On “Seven Dances of Salome,” Simmons plays English horn, giving the music a Middle Eastern flavor. The second session from 1970 pairs Simmons with jazz violinist Michael White on four numbers. Simmons’ career went into decline in the 1970s, but rebounded in the 1990s.

Track Listing

101	Coltrane in Paradise	Sonny Simmons	11:46
102	The Prober	Sonny Simmons	09:28
103	Manhattan Egos	Sonny Simmons	08:22
104	Seven Dances of Salome	Sonny Simmons	07:02
105	Visions	Sonny Simmons	06:09
106	Beings of Light	Sonny Simmons	13:08
107	Purple Rays	Sonny Simmons	12:36
108	Divine Magnet	Sonny Simmons	03:21
109	The Beauty of Ibis	Sonny Simmons	06:51