Sonny Rollins and band (Clifton Anderson, trombone; Stephen Scott, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Victor See Yuen, percussion; ?, drums) playing one of Rollins' famous calypso tunes, "Global Warming", at the 1998 April Jazz Festival in Espoo, Finland.

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News: Music Industry

US Jazz Great Sonny Rollins Continues to Wow Audiences in Europe

November 22, 2007

BRUSSELS, Belgium - He did jail time on Rikers Island, played the requisite dances with record labels and pioneered the bass-drum saxophone accompaniment known as strolling. The images of him blowing his tenor saxophone on the lower level of New York's Williamsburg bridge are an indispensable part of jazz culture. Sonny Rollins has been rocking the ...

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Article: Album Review

Sonny Rollins: Plus Four

Read "Plus Four" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
March 2, 2007

Originally released in 1956 on Prestige, Plus Four has been reissued by Concord Records, which recently acquired the Prestige catalogue. On this session a twenty-something Sonny Rollins uses the other musicians in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet (of which he was a member) as his sidemen. When you consider the personnel, the tunes, and the impending ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Miles Okazaki

by AAJ Staff
February 8, 2007

Meet Miles Okazaki:Miles Okazaki lives in Brooklyn, where he plays guitar, writes music, and draws pictures.Instrument:GuitarTeachers and/or influences?Teachers: Rodney Jones, Ganesh Kumar, Michael Townsend, Steve Coleman, my fellow musicians and friends.Influences: It's a hard question...right now I will say, Melody: J.S. Bach, Wayne Shorter, ...