Jazz legend Sonny Rollins recorded a very creative interpretation of a calypso song for the Saxophone Colossus. While the melody is undeniably "Fire Down There," this version features a very melodious drum solo from Max Roach. Both Roach and Rollins had personal ties to the Caribbean, the former visiting Haiti (and meeting Haitian drummer Ti-Roro) and the latter as a New Yorker of West Indian roots (Virgin Islands and Haiti). Tracking information on the Haitian grandfather of Sonny Rollins would be an entertaining project, but probably reveals little about Rollins as a musician or artist.
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