Results for "Sonny Rollins"

Guitarist Bobby Broom Interviewed at AAJ

September 9, 2009

Bobby Broom is a veteran of the Chicago jazz scene. He's been the staple side dish of soul and jazz for over thirteen years at Pete Miller's Steakhouse in Evanston, IL. He's also busy regularly touring not only Chi-town, but throughout the world with his own group and with saxophone icon Sonny Rollins. But Plays for ...

Dan Moretti: Tres Muse

by Glenn Astarita
September 9, 2009

Northeast area saxophonist and Berklee School of Music educator Dan Moretti embarks on the piano-less jazz trio route, hearkening back to the impetus set forth by Sonny Rollins' 1957 Riverside classic, Way Out West. Since then, this framework has gained steam with modern jazz reedmen, sometimes leading to mixed results. Yet Marty Ballou's corpulent and limber ...

Bobby Broom: Swept Away by the Music

by Cicily Janus
September 9, 2009

Bobby Broom is a veteran jazz guitarist, originally from New York City and currently operating from the Chicago jazz scene. He's been the staple side dish of soul and jazz for over thirteen years at Pete Miller's Steakhouse in Evanston, IL. He's also busy performing regularly--not only Chi-town, but throughout the world with his own groups, ...

Jazz Icon Sonny Rollins Kicks Off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 Season, September 25

September 8, 2009

“...Rollins is still the reigning god of the tenor saxophone, one of jazz's most innovative and influential pioneers... a volcano of fierce inventiveness and raw, urgent power." Washington Post “Nobody rivals his fluid mastery..." Boston Globe Jazz icon Sonny Rollins kicks off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 season on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8pm in Verizon ...

Sonny Rollins is 79

September 8, 2009

Sonny Rollins just turned 79. We celebrate the occasion by bringing you Rollins playing an extended version of a tune his mother remembered from her girlhood in the Virgin Islands. “St. Thomas" has been an essential and beloved part of his repertoire for more than 50 years. The rhythm section Is Kenny Drew, piano; Niels-Henning rsted ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Rollins

September 7, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Rollins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Sonny RollinsSonny Rollins is a saxophone colossus. The revered tenor saxophonist first received that appellation via the name of his 1956 Prestige Records album. Even then, at age 26, the title seemed fitting... more

John Patitucci: Celebrating Jazz Heroes

by R.J. DeLuke
September 7, 2009

As sayings go, “One man's trash is another man's treasure" is pretty straightforward, especially for those enamored with garage sales. For lovers of jazz music, it may hold a bit more significance, for it played a fateful role in the life of one of today's superlative artists in the genre. John Patitucci is one ...

Moritat (Mack the Knife)

Featuring the music of Sonny Rollins
Duration: 7:16
September 7, 2009

Kobie Watkins: Involved

by Mark F. Turner
September 5, 2009

More recently recognized as a member of guitarist Bobby Broom's illustrious trio, Kobie Watkins has proven his savvy as a fearless drummer and now a leader on his debut Involved. Watkins is no neophyte. A native of Chicago who is also an educator, he was once dubbed in a newspaper article as “Teacher has Alter Ego ...

Take Five With Peter Cobb

by AAJ Staff
September 5, 2009

Meet Peter Cobb:Saxophonist Peter Cobb hails from Boston, and grew up studying with the likes of Joe Viola and Jerry Bergonzi, and later went to Berklee on a saxophone scholarship. After taking a brief detour to attend UPenn Law School and practicing as an attorney in Philadelphia for a few years, Peter moved to ...