Sonny Rollins

@sonnyrollins

Sonny Rollins is the Saxophone Colossus.

New York, New York
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  1. May 21

    Happy birthday to pianist, vocalist, and composer Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (1904–1943). "When I was young, growing up in Harlem, I heard Fats Waller perform. His playing struck me, and I realized that jazz would be my path in this life." —S.R. (2020)

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  2. May 20

    One of the best people I have ever met has now left the rest of us out here to continue facing this life. God bless his beautiful family; we mourn with them.

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  3. May 20

    When people die, there are usually nice positive things said about them out of respect. Fair enough. However, in John Cumming’s case, one doesn’t have to act merely out of respect.

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  4. May 18

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  5. May 9

    Sonny Rollins performs his composition "Blessing in Disguise," with drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Jimmy Garrison, recorded for the Impulse! LP "East Broadway Rundown" on this day in 1966.

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  6. Apr 28

    Happy Birthday to the one and only Duke Ellington, born this day in 1899. Here's his ballad "In a Sentimental Mood," recorded by Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1953.

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  7. Apr 20

    Bassist Henry Grimes has passed. "Henry was a loyal member of several Sonny Rollins organizations over the years. Words cannot express my gratitude to him. May he have wonderful, celestial journeys to come." –S.R.

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  8. Apr 16

    "We must remember that music is one of the beautiful things of life, so we have to try to keep the music alive some kind of way, and maybe music can help. I don't know, but we have to try something these days, right?" —Sonny Rollins, in performance September 15, 2001.

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  9. Apr 10

    Happy birthday to pianist Walter Bishop Jr., heard here with Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins on the George Shearing composition "Conception," recorded for Prestige Records in 1951.

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  10. Mar 31

    "I'll Remember April" (DePaul/Johnston/Raye), performed by Sonny Rollins, Elvin Jones, and Wilbur Ware, and recorded live at the Village Vanguard for Blue Note Records, November 3, 1957.

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  11. Mar 22

    Sonny Rollins' composition "Pent-Up House," rec. this day in 1956 w/ Richie Powell, piano; George Morrow, bass; Max Roach, drums, and trumpeter Clifford Brown. "We used to call [Clifford] an angel, because he was so gifted, so humble." –S.R. (2016)

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  12. Mar 15

    Dave Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way," by the Miles Davis Quintet with Sonny Rollins plus pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and Art Taylor on drums; recorded for Prestige this day in 1956.

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  13. Mar 7

    The great pianist McCoy Tyner has passed. Here he is in a duet with Sonny Rollins on Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" in 1975. "The great jazz town of Philadelphia. The real McCoy." - S.R.

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  14. Feb 24

    "Life is a solo trip."

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  15. Feb 24

    “There’s no such thing as complete mastery, in my view. Music is vast! There’s always something to learn.” –S.R. (2014)

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  16. Feb 16

    Tadd Dameron's "The Scene Is Clean," by the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet (with Sonny Rollins, plus pianist Richie Powell, and bassist George Morrow), recorded this day in 1956 for the Emarcy LP "At Basin Street."

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  17. Feb 10

    "Till There Was You" (written by Meredith Willson for 'The Music Man'), by Sonny Rollins with bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Max Roach, recorded this day in 1958 for the Riverside LP "Freedom Suite."

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  18. Feb 2

    Sonny Stitt was born this day in 1924. Here he is with Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie on "I Know That You Know," from their 1959 Verve LP Sonny Side Up (w/ Charlie Persip and Tommy & Ray Bryant). "How lucky I've been to have known such artists." –S.R.

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  19. Jan 25

    Sonny Rollins' theme for the film "Alfie," starring Michael Caine, recorded this day in 1965. Arranged by Oliver Nelson and featuring solos by guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Roger Kellaway, and Rollins.

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  20. Jan 19

    R.I.P. Jimmy Heath. Here's Sonny talking about his friend and fellow tenor saxophonist in 2016:

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