Sonny Rollins with Don Cherry and Henry Grimes at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Jan. 17, 1963. Credit: Courtesy of The Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research and Inger Stjerna At the age of 92, ...
Even after memorizing all of Sonny Rollins’ solos on his groundbreaking album, “Saxophone Colossus,” reading every interview and watching every documentary he could find, writer Aidan Levy was hungry ...
Aidan Levy’s much anticipated new book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, a moving and meticulously researched 784-page biography seven years in the making, chronicles the ...
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, into his eighth decade now, has nothing left to prove but keeps doing it anyway. The iconic artist has put out classic albums like Newk's Time (Blue Note Records, 1957 ...
Saxophone giant Sonny Rollins had already established himself throughout the 1950s with a string of albums on the Prestige label, including the esteemed Saxophone Colossus, which was released shortly ...
On Dec. 17, 1951, Sonny Rollins entered a studio for his first session as bandleader. The tenor saxophonist, then 21 years old, had already recorded with the likes of Miles Davis. Within days, and for ...
Three Excellent Audiophile-Worthy Vintage Jazz Reissues From Universal Music, Verve Records & Acoustic Sounds Feature Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson w/ Bill Evans Three ...
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