On July 17, 1974, Sonny Rollins appeared at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London, two years after his 1972 comeback after a lengthy sabbatical. At the time, a film was shot, then shelved and now, for ...
In 1959, Rollins was a few years into one of the great hot streaks in jazz history when he took a three-week trip to Europe. Three hours from that tour are heard on a new Rollins-approved reissue.
Today's video showcase spotlights the great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who's coming to town to perform in a concert sponsored by Jazz St. Louis on Saturday, September 19 at the Touhill ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You never really hear Sonny Rollins for the first time—you feel him. Maybe it’s in the way his saxophone dances like it’s got something to say, or maybe it’s that unmistakable ...
There’s a moment that never ceases to amaze me in a 1932 Jerome Kern song, “I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star,” as played by Sonny Rollins in the late 1950s. Modern jazz, vaudeville, and operetta coalesce ...
Al Foster, whose superbly alert and flexible drumming formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years, propelling bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and many others, died on ...