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Jan 21, 2022 · Sonny Rollins plays his saxophone on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York. Photograph: New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News/Getty Images. It’s one of the most romantic stories...
In 2010 on the eve of his 80th birthday, Sonny Rollins became one of 229 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, business, and public affairs who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
6 days ago · Sonny Rollins' big-hearted music speaks for itself on newly reissued 'Freedom Weaver' April 30, 20241:42 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Kevin Whitehead. 8-Minute Listen. In 1959, Rollins was a few...
Feb 24, 2020 · Sonny Rollins is, by any reasonable estimation, a genius. He is jazz’s greatest living improviser, able to imbue his solos with wry humor, surprise, brilliant logical form and profound emotion.
6 days ago · Rollins took a trio to Europe for three weeks in late winter. Three hours from that tour are heard on the new Sonny-approved reissue, "Freedom Weaver," drawing on seven gigs from five countries. The saxophonist has lung power, ideas and technique to burn in a gloriously unruly sound. (SOUNDBITE OF SONNY ROLLINS' "ST.
Apr 18, 2024 · Sonny Rollins is an American jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who is among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s. Rollins grew up in a neighbourhood where Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins (his early idol), and Bud Powell were playing.
Sep 7, 2023 · Regarded as one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, Sonny Rollins discusses his incredible year of recordings with Blue Note. Published on. September 7, 2023. By. Charles Waring....
