Bill Evans' piano-playing can be intense, but the brow of seemingly looser Oscar Peterson is drenched, too. Saxist Sonny Rollins offers two versions of St. Nina Simone performs Bob Dylan's The Ballad of Hollis Brown and sings movingly of Martin Luther King Jr. Jazz Icons 3 (1958-75, Naxos, unrated, $20 each or a $120 box with bonus eighth disc): A sequel to perhaps DVD's most revered jazz sets again plumbs European archives. Thomas," and he makes each feel like a fresh opportunity. In both instances there's a deceptively breezy version of Mr. Orsted Pedersen alongside Kenny Drew on piano and Albert (Tootie) Heath on drums. The 1968 concert feels a bit more settled and less surprising, with Mr. In the loose but invigorating 1965 performance he digs in with Alan Dawson, a whip-smart and underdocumented Boston drummer, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, a precociously nimble Danish bassist. Rollins, the great tenor saxophonist, in casual form but at a creative peak, improvising with an astonishing flow of ideas. Consisting of a pair of concerts in Copenhagen originally taped for television broadcast, it finds Mr. First came "Live in '65 & '68," a gem from the latest series of "Jazz Icons" DVDs on Naxos (). This season has produced a bumper crop of worthy live releases by Sonny Rollins. Savvy Jazz Veterans and Fiery Rock Newcomers
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