All About Jazz is celebrating Bob Cranshaw's birthday today!
Bob Cranshaw has been the bassist of choice for Sonny Rollins since 1959. Their forty-seven-year collaboration is the subject of a new video on Sonny's website, “Bob Cranshaw and Sonny Rollins, The First Gig." Created by Bret Primack, it features interviews with both Rollins and Cranshaw . Exclusive performance footage includes excerpts from The Sonny Rollins Group in Concert back in April in California. The content is also available as an MP3 download.
Born December 10, 1932, the Evanston, Illinois native started on drums and piano before switching to the tuba and bass in high school. He... Read more.
