These guys were the best. “The Quintet”. You can’t get no better than this. Clifford, Sonny, Richie, Max, and George. Holy cow. Still takes my breath away.
Harold Land, as the original tenor saxophonist in this group, was replaced by Sonny Rollins in late 1955, early 1956. When Basin Street was recorded, it was all Sonny on Saxophone.