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| | Sonny Rollins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Rollins' most famous appearance to rock music fans was his appearance on the 1981 Rolling Stones album Tattoo You in which he plays saxophone on "Slave" and "Waiting on a Friend" and possibly "Neighbours". | | | Sonny's most widely acclaimed album Saxophone Colossus was recorded on June 22, 1956, featuring Tommy Flanagan on piano, former Jazz Messengers bassist Doug Watkins and his favoured drummer Max Roach. | | | By 1959 however, Rollins was frustrated with what he perceived as his own musical limitations and took the second – and most famous – of his musical sabbaticals. |
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| | Sonny Rollins: The Bridge ---Ink Blot Magazine |
| | Rollins is never condescending to the melody, but he's not constrained by it either. | | | After Sonny Rollins took a two-year hiatus from performing and recording, critics were salivating upon the release of this record, assuming that Rollins would emerge with the "new sound." Many, in fact, were disappointed by The Bridge at the time, not so much because of what it was, but because of what it wasn't. | | | On the title track, the other Rollins original, he soars maniacally while the crafty stop-time passages are handled with supreme wit by Hall. |
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| | Sonny Rollins |
| | Rollins' career has continued since the '70s with annual international concert tours and numerous albums. | | | Rollins' 1957-'59 recordings remain not only his high water marks but contain some of the most brilliant improvising in modern jazz. | | | For all his unparalleled genius as a thematic or motivic improviser, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins has remained somewhat a voice in the wilderness since the cult following of John Coltrane swept the jazz scene in the early '60s. |
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| | E.J.N. - SONNY ROLLINS |
| | Rollins first recorded in 1949 and, nearly 50 years later, as the most formidable of all jazz improvisers, he remains a living inspiration to musicians and listeners worldwide. | | | Rollins resurfaced in the early Seventies, recording his Next Album for Milestone in 1972. | | | Rollins’ development of continuity and structure in his improvisations is totally unique in jazz. |
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| | Arts Unlimited Arts features What's so great about Sonny Rollins? |
| | Sonny Rollins has been so dedicated for so long; the spirit and feel of the music is in his sound. | | | Sonny Rollins has been called the greatest living improviser. | | | I think his playing on Three Little Words on the Sonny Rollins on Impulse album is about the most absolutely wonderfully fantastically amazingly devastating thing I've ever heard. |
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http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1204970,00.html
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| | PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Sony Rollins |
| | Rollins has continued to experiment, recording on soprano saxophone in 1972 and on lyricon in 1979. | | | In 1965 Rollins wrote the film score for Alfie (apart from the title song, which is by Burt Bacharach). | | | Except for a six-month hiatus in 1983, after he collapsed from exhaustion, Rollins remained active through the late 1980s, touring the USA, Europe, and Japan, and recording a fusion of bop and soul music with his quintet. |
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| | Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Gary Giddins conversation on Sonny Rollins |
| | Rollins has his own sound, he has his own way of dealing with improvisation, which is chiefly melodic and thematic, using the actual material at hand. | | | In a review of Sonny's album with the song from Camelot, "If Ever I Should Leave You," he said that while the record was fine, it couldn't compare with the performance he had done in a recent concert. | | | album for RCA, which was maybe the first Sonny Rollins album I ever heard. |
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| | NPR : Sonny Rollins: A Sept. 11 Memorial in Concert |
| | Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins' lastest release is Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert. | | | Fresh Air from WHYY, September 12, 2005 · On Sept. 15, 2001, legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins played a concert in Boston, four days after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Rollins' latest album, Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert, is a live recording of that performance. | | | Sonny Rollins: A Sept. 11 Memorial in Concert |
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| | NPR's Jazz Profiles: Sonny Rollins |
| | Rollins became part of a Harlem-based nucleus of young musicians, which included drummer Art Taylor and pianist Kenny Drew, who were regularly called on to perform and record with larger lights. | | | Listen to the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library entry for Sonny Rollins' 1956 album Saxophone Colossus | | | But Rollins fought back and successfully preserved his growing reputation in the mid-1950s as one of the jazz scene's most innovative improvisers. |
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| | Sonny Rollins biography |
| | After Brown died in '56, Rollins creativity began to erupt, as he released a series of classic albums: Saxophone Colossus, Way Out West, A Night at the Village Vanguard, and Tenor Madness (whose title track is a duet with John Coltrane). | | | Sonny Rollins still records today, playing closer to the style from the Fifties. | | | The next year, he worked with Miles Davis and then quit, but rejoined in 1954, sounding less like Charlie Parker on a tenor saxophone and more original. |
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| | National Initiatives: NEA Jazz Masters on Tour - Sonny Rollins |
| | Rollins continued to record, mainly for Prestige, where his output was some of the finest music recorded in the mid-1950s on any label. | | | Rollins' first recording was made alongside the bop singer Babs Gonzales in 1949. | | | He has been playing and growing ever since, continuing his long affiliation with the Fantasy family of labels (including Prestige and Milestone) and working almost exclusively on concert stages. |
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| | Jazz Book Review - Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge by Richard Palmer @ jazzreview.com |
| | Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge thoroughly examines the saxophonist’s recordings, with an emphasis upon his early albums, and it’s written by an unabashed admirer of Rollins’s genius. | | | In addition, it’s obvious that Palmer is enthralled by Rollins’ music, not only because of his painstaking descriptions of Rollins’ recorded music, but also because of his inspired response to hearing Rollins perform live. | | | As Palmer recalls from a 1998 Rollins concert at London’s Barbican: “Rollins’ sound had the force of a tidal wave. |
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| | The New Yorker: Online Only: Content |
| | Well, Sonny Rollins is one of the brightest lights in the history of the music; his talent is up there next to that of Armstrong, Young, and Parker. | | | Rollins has retreated from studio recording and live performance a few times in his career. | | | Sonny seems less confident about recordings than other musicians are. |
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| | Jazz JazzTimes Magazine > Columns and Features > Web Exclusive > Sonny Rollins Tribute |
| | Sonny has all the skills that I believe are necessary to be classed as a truly great musician, Great sound, solid technique, effortless swing and melodic and harmonic clarity in his improvisations. | | | Sonny Rollins, with his big and robust sounds and flowing ideas, remains one of the greatest improvisers that I have ever heard in my life. | | | In the liner notes of one of Sonny's albums he says "The first time I saw a saxophone in its case it looked so beautiful I just had to learn how to play it." Well, the first time I heard Sonny play he inspired me to want to play the saxophone too. |
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http://jazztimes.com/columns_and_features/web_exclusive/sonny_rollins_tribute
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| | Sonny Rollins Biography |
| | Moreover, this recording is considered by many one of Rollins finest recordings of his career. | | | Miles Davis' "Tune Up" for instance is given a whirlwind treatment with Rollins displaying in his ingenious solo what was dubbed by music historian Gunther Shuller as "thematic improvisation", a improvisatory style invented by Rollins which consists of the spontaneous reworking of an initially stated theme or motif. | | | It was during his tenure with Max Roach that Rollins began to record as a leader, making albums for both Prestige and Blue Note. |
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| | Sonny Rollins Picture and Artist Biography |
| | When he reemerged, Sonny played music with R&B rhythms and a pop sensibility; to this day he remains a vital improviser, one of the few musicians who demand complete attention and sustain inventiveness in an unaccompanied solo. | | | A true jazz giant and one of the greatest tenor saxophonists of all time, Sonny Rollins has been in the vanguard of improvising musicians for more than 50 years, spinning spontaneous phrases into epic solos, full of wit, elegance, passion, and nonchalance. | | | With brilliant recording dates for Prestige, Contemporary, Riverside, and Blue Note came critical accolades for his ability to compose on the spot and turn the most unlikely, hackneyed tunes into vehicles for brilliant improvisation. |
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| | Sonny Rollins |
| | The music, with its blistering title track and tremulous version of "We Kiss In A Shadow', was superb, but it was indicative of Rollins" problems that it was a one-off group. | | | Although an older brother played violin and, at the age of nine, he took piano lessons, Rollins was destined for the saxophone. | | | The title track consisted of a mighty "tenor battle' with Coltrane himself, Rollins" melodious expansion contrasting with Coltrane's pressure-cooker angularity. |
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| | Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide, Peter Niklas Wilson |
| | Aspects of Rollins' approach to improvising and composing are expertly analyzed. | | | He is a professional musician who has recorded with Anthony Braxton and others. | | | A narrative discography gives helpful information on all of Rollins' recordings from 1949 through to 2000. |
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| | Sonny Rollins: Without a Song - PopMatters Music Review |
| | Rollins, it is often said, hasn't made original or brilliant music in decades. | | | Sonny Rollins: Without a Song - PopMatters Music Review | | | Maybe on other nights -- on nights settled to digital data on the discs that Stanley Crouch has heard -- the Sonny Rollins band gets closer to a full set of "Why Was I Born?" I have no doubt that Sonny could coax that out of them, and you wouldn't want to miss it. |
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| | Sonny Rollins records |
| | Sonny Rollins records, price comparison, new releases and download music |
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| | Amazon.com: Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sonny Rollins: Music: Sonny Rollins |
| | If you really dig a certain cut on this album, look in the liner notes and it'll tell you what album it was taken from (being a complilation, of course, most of these cuts were taken from various albums). | | | However, it is impossible to deny the vast influence that Rollins had on the way that jazz musicians approach lines, phrase lines, and compose tunes. | | | This is a great CD to own especially if you are not familiar with all of Sonny Rollins' work. |
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| | :: SFJAZZ :: |
| | Over the years, Rollins has expanded and updated his style, experimenting with some of the avant-garde sounds of 1960s jazz, and from the '70s on, taking on new influences from RandB, pop, and world music. | | | After a stint in trumpeter Miles Davis' band, Rollins became a band leader in his own right, releasing classic albums like Sonny Rollins Plus Four, Way Out West, and The Freedom Suite. | | | On 1956's Saxophone Colossus, he introduced his signature composition, "St. Thomas." The song's calypso rhythm, an homage to Rollins' parents' West Indian heritage, would become one of the saxman's trademarks, as the album's mythic title would become his epithet. |
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| | Amazon.com: Saxophone Colossus: Music: Sonny Rollins |
| | Rollins' playing throughout the album is extraordinary, especially on the last number, "Blue 7", a strange blues improvisation which features one of Max Roach's fiercest drum solos. | | | Here we have what is probably Sonny Rollins' most popular album, although I do believe he has much better music on other records, such as G-MAN and THE BRIDGE. | | | Tommy Flanagan plays piano, and he is known to double the quality of any album he plays on. |
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| | PopMatters Music Interview A Colossus Nears the End of the Road: Sonny Rollins at 75 |
| | By the end of the' 60s, Coltrane was dead, the technical excess that was fusion was beginning its reign, and Rollins left for India -- and he wouldn't release an album for six years. | | | This two-disc compilation was released to celebrate Sonny's 25 years on the Milestone label. | | | While all the performances come from after his "classic period", the album shows that even though listeners and critics may have been stuck in the past, Sonny never was. |
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| | Variety.com - Reviews - Sonny Rollins |
| | As the evening wore on, Rollins at least sounded like he was in the same room as the audience, but the imbalance kept the night from being as in-your-face as Rollins music can be. | | | In both cases, though, auds are attracted to the idea of being in the same room as the men, embracing whatever musical wisdom they might proffer rather than any particular piece of music. | | | The last living tenor sax oracle delivered a generous concert of masterful solos Tuesday, taking a nearly two-hour stroll through his usual collection of '50s-inspired funk, ballads, standards and Caribbean flavors over steady, if unexciting, backing. |
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| | Sonny Rollins Discography |
| | Sonny Rollins - Hampton Hawes - Barney Kessel - Leroy Vinnegar - Ray Brown - Shelly Manne | | | Sonny Rollins, ts - Ray Brown, b - Shelly Manne, ds | | | Sonny Rollins,ts - Oscar Pettiford,b - Max Roach, ds |
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| | Sonny Rollins |
| | Beginning in the early fifties, Rollins began a number of productive musical associations - most notably as a member of Miles Davis' band, with whom he recorded a series of albums for Prestige Records. | | | His musical output during the 70s displayed the influence of the more mainstream genres of pop and R&B, but his abilities as a soloist never lost their edge, and eventually these pop leanings would be replaced by an interest in Caribbean music. | | | In 1959 Rollins made another retreat from public performance, this time as a result of dissatisfaction with both the music business and his own development. |
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| | Sonny Rollins : Sonny Rollins Plus Three - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | Rollins is in wonderful form, stretching out on two basic originals and five standards including "What a Difference a Day Made," "Cabin In the Sky" and "I've Never Been In Love Before." Building his rhythmic improvisations off of the songs' strong melodies (returning to the themes often), Rollins sounds quite exuberant. | | | Sonny Rollins : Sonny Rollins Plus Three - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect | | | This studio set captures the excitement of a Sonny Rollins concert and is highly recommended. |
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| | Sonny Rollins Discography |
| | Nov 13 /53 Released as: THELONIOUS MONK and SONNY ROLLINS (Fantasy/OJC OJC-059 [LP], OJCCD-059-2 [CD], OJC-5059 [CA]) Personnel: Julius Watkins, frh - Sonny Rollins, ts - Thelonious Monk, p - Percy Heath, b Willie Jones, ds Song list: Friday The 13th-Think Of One-Think Of One(alt tk)-Let's Call This | | | Sep 17, 19, 20 /56 Released as : MAX ROACH + 4 (EmArcy MG-36098/PH EJD-3054) Personnel: Kenny Dorham, tp - Sonny Rollins, ts - Ray Bryant, p - George Morrow, b Max Roach, ds Song list: Ezz-Thetic - Dr. Free-Zee - Just One Of Those Things - Mr. | | | Sep 3/58 Released as: THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET AT MUSIC INN VOL. |
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| | Sonny Rollins |
| | Rollins has a grand sense of interpolation -- that is, the borrowing of a phrase from a familiar melody and inserting it into the tune at hand -- and his harmonic faculties don't fail him, even as he dissects the chords behind a melody and chooses to work only the high notes in them. | | | Despite a solid reputation that began in the late 1940s, Rollins has never rested in his quest for sharpening his musical blade. | | | The result is the musical equivalent of the barnstorming pilot who maneuvers his plane in unexpected and thrilling ways -- frightening one time, stupefying another and never executing the same move twice. |
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| | Ottawa Jazz Festival : Sonny Rollins |
| | Purchase the latest Sonny Rollins CD at MyMusic.ca | | | Rollins has continued on his musical journey through the decades. | | | By 1959 Rollins was dissatisfied with his progress, and took a famous sabbatical which often found him practicing on the Williamsburg Bridge. |
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| | VH1.com : Sonny Rollins : Biography |
| | He has literally dozens of superior recordings available. | | | Upon his return in 1971, Sonny Rollins was more open to the influence of R&B rhythms and pop music, and his recordings since then have not always been essential (often using sidemen not up to his level) but Rollins remains a very vital soloist. | | | Therefore, Rollins' decision to drop out of music from 1959-1961 shocked the jazz world. |
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| | Jazz: Sonny Rollins |
| | Sonny Rollins: The Complete Prestige Recordings (7CD) $87.99 | | | with Paul Chambers, Sonny Clark, Kenny Dorham, Roy Haynes, Percy Heath, Ernie Henry, Hank Jones, Wynton Kelly, Abbey Lincoln, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach | | | Sonny Clark (p); Percy Heath (b); Roy Haynes (d) 6/57 |
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| | Sonny Rollins - The Official Website - Media Gallery - Video |
| | This 100 minute film focuses on two performances: a concert in Saugerties, New York, and the premiere of a Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra in Tokyo. | | | Here, Sonny discusses his unique relationship with the saxophone. | | | Sonny Rollins - The Official Website - Media Gallery - Video |
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| | ... Rollins Discography at CD Universe |
| | Carter, Ron / Rollins, Sonny / Tyner, Mccoy (1) | | | Henry Rollins: Talking from the Box/Henry Rollins Goes to London | | | Coltrane, John / King, B.B. / Sony Rollins (1) |
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| | Sonny Rollins Music |
| | Help build the largest human-contributed music project online | | | Music » Bands and Artists » R » Rollins, Sonny |
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| | Sonny Rollins News |
| | Jazz Video Podcasts, www.jazzvideopodcasts.com, a new site featuring interviews and performances is now presenting its premiere podcast, Sonny Rollins The Bridge. | | | NEW YORK -- Tenor saxophone legend Sonny Rollins, who at 75 has been nominated for a Grammy for best jazz instrumental solo, says people often ask him what goes through his mind when he's playing one of his... | | | Legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his quintet perform in only his second South Florida... |
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| | Sonny Rollins @ The Jazz Files |
| | Rollins's first examples of the unaccompanied solo playing that would become a specialty also appeared in this period; yet the perpetually dissatisfied saxophonist questioned the acclaim his music was attracting, and between 1959 and late '61 withdrew from public performance. | | | Such hyperbole is all the more impressive for the fact that Rollins has sustained his reputation at the top of the heap for a quarter-century. | | | A 1951 session with the trumpeter led to his own recording contract, and for the next three years, until he withdrew to conquer a too common drug problem with uncommon finality, he became acknowledged as the most brash and creative young tenor on the scene in work with Davis, Monk, and the Modern jazz Quartet. |
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| | Sonny Rollins Tickets at StubHub! |
| | And music fans, if you have extra Sonny Rollins Tickets you can't use, sell them to other fans by listing your tickets for sale FREE at StubHub. | | | Buy great Sonny Rollins Tickets and experience the thrill of a live concert. | | | Sonny Rollins Tickets are currently not available on StubHub. |
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| | CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Rollins, Sonny |
| | Don't tell Sonny Rollins how good he looks. | | | He's starting to find the remarks about his excellent state of preservation a little annoying. | | | Did you win one of 25 free memberships to Zip.ca? |
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| | A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 2 by Sonny Rollins |
| | Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (take 2) | | | Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. | | | A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 2 by Sonny Rollins |
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| | The Sonny Rollins Page |
| | if you would like to send a message to Sonny Rollins, please email the webmaster at: | | | This site is neither run nor endorsed by Sonny Rollins |
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