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Sonny Fortune: You and the Night and the Music
by Troy Collins
From the generation of post-bop saxophonists following in the shadow of John Coltrane, multi-instrumentalist Sonny Fortune comes closest to capturing Coltrane's spirit and intensity. Since the late 1960s, Fortune has made an indelible mark on jazz history, collaborating with Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis and Mongo Santamaria, among other luminaries. Despite his numerous side-man appearances ...
Sonny Fortune: You and the Night and the Music
by Joel Roberts
While he's been overshadowed by other saxophonists throughout much of his career, Sonny Fortune has been an important force in jazz for many years, playing in a style that owes much to John Coltrane and was showcased in the bands of Coltrane's key collaborators, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner--as well as in a stint with Miles ...
Sonny Fortune: Trilogy Collection
Label: Sound Reason
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: Four in One: Four in One; Criss Cross; Reflections; Monk's Dream; Hornin' In;
Coming on the Hudson; Trinkle Tinkle; Pannonica; Hackensack; Ask Me Now. CD2: A
Better Understanding: Mind Games; Laying it Down; Awakening; A Swing Touch; Never
Again is Such a Long Time; It Ain't What it Was; It's a Bird; Tribute to Holiday; Long Before Our
Mothers Cried. CD3: From Now On: Glue Fingers; This Side of Infinity; From Now On;
Come in Out of The Rain; Suspension; On Second and Fifth; Gift Of Love; Thoughts.
Sonny Fortune: Trilogy Collection
by Florence Wetzel
Sonny Fortune Trilogy Collection Sound Reason 2006 Jazz is blessed by the music of alto saxophonist and flutist Sonny Fortune, a living master who always plays directly from the heart. In addition to his work with Miles Davis, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Nat Adderley, and Mongo Santamaria, over the years ...
Sonny Fortune: In Pursuit Of Music
by Russ Musto
Sonny Fortune is one of the most exciting saxophonists in jazz today, with a searing sound that is all his own. Fortune served as a sideman with a variety of leaders, including Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Buddy Rich, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis and Nat Adderley, but it as a leader that he has truly made his ...
Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali: An Evening of Thanksgiving
by Erik R. Quick
Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali An Die Musik Baltimore, MD November 19, 2005 The small sign on the column of the entrance announced the performance of “Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali; SOLD OUT . Some anxious audience members gathered at the bottom of the old stone stairs to the ...
Continuum
Label: Sound Reason
Released: 2004
Track listing: Trane and Things; Wayne-ish; Delilah; Sound's Silent; A Space in Time; Continuum; Mongo Blue; Five Four Trane; Nature Boy.
Sonny Fortune: Continuum
by A. Henkin
For those that only know Sonny Fortune through his work with the Three Altos or his duo with Rashied Ali, his new self-released album Continuum will present a very different musician. The aforementioned groups feature Fortune solely on alto and as a firebreather playing on standards. Not that there is anything wrong with that (a set ...
Sonny Fortune Quartet at Sweet Rhythm
by Chris Thompson
Sonny Fortune Quartet Sweet Rhythm, New York City March 27, 2004 ‘Round about midnight on March 25, 2004, WKCR in New York City, the radio station of Columbia University, concluded a continuous two-week program on John Coltrane. Yes, that’s right -- John Coltrane Radio 24/7 for two weeks straight! “All Coltrane. All ...
Great Friends
Label: Evidence Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Cal Massey 3:52
2. Is It Not True Simply Because You Cannot... 6:48
3. Thoughts 7:11
4. Equipoise 5:11
5. Synapse 10:12
6. East Harlem Nostalgia 8:43
7. Insight 9:53
8. Awakening 10:01
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