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4. Mai 1999 · Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930, New York, New York, U.S.) 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
30. Apr. 2024 · Sonny Rollins' big-hearted music speaks for itself on newly reissued 'Freedom Weaver'. In 1959, Rollins was a few years into one of the great hot streaks in jazz history when he took a...
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16. Mai 2024 · Sonny Rollins is a living jazz legend, a player of outsize impact and cultural influence whose biography reads like jazz lore, even as it continues to be written. Born in the jazz mecca of New York City in 1930, Rollins showed early promise as a musician, working with giants of the genre like Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson and Miles Davis ...
10. Mai 2024 · Sonny Rollins "A Night At The Village Vanguard"— First Time Release Cut From the Original Master Tapes. Tone Poet 3 LP Set Is One Of The Great Jazz Reissues. In October 1957, Sonny Rollins was booked for a two month gig at New York City jazz club, The Village Vanguard.
Vor einem Tag · Sonny Rollins is, as the title of his 1957 album says, a “Saxophone Colossus.” Indefatigable in improvisation, uncorrupted in artistry, and always swinging and melodious, Mr. Rollins (b. 1930 ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Sonny Rollins, saxophone colossus, turns 80 on September 7. You wouldn’t know it to see him standing at the front of the bandstand, one of the last of the jazz legends, unleashing his soul...
Vor 4 Tagen · And for the 1961 album Coltrane Jazz, John Coltrane composed a song called “Like Sonny,” dedicated to the tenor saxophonist. But the feeling was mutual — Rollins, 93, considers both Miles and Trane to be “template artists,” or musicians who paved the way for his own work.
