Results for "Sonny Rollins"

Sonny Rollins Quartet: Tenor Madness

by J Hunter
November 13, 2006

He wasn't scheduled to play, but John Coltrane had his axe in hand when he came to watch Miles Davis' rhythm section record with Sonny Rollins. Trane not only played on the date, but the resulting duet is the centerpiece of Tenor Madness, one in Prestige's latest series of RVG-remastered releases. Theoretically, Coltrane's appearance ...

Sonny Rollins: The Essential Sonny Rollins: The RCA Years

by George Kanzler
September 24, 2006

Sonny Rollins' worst enemy is Sonny Rollins. The recorded Rollins can never compete with the “live Rollins. The tenor saxophonist can blow you away in concert, at least if you're lucky--and more times than not you will be, since there are tens of thousands of jazz fans and scores of critics out there who have had ...

The Bridge

Featuring the music of Sonny Rollins

September 17, 2006

Rudy Van Gelder Views Two Tenor Titans

by C. Michael Bailey
March 15, 2006

Rudy Van Gelder has had perhaps the greatest personal impact on jazz of anyone associated with the music without having blown a note himself. Van Gelder served as engineer on essentially all of the recordings made for Blue Note between 1953 and 1967. His engineering work did not stop with Blue Note. Van Gelder was sonically ...

Sonny Rollins e David S. Ware a colloquio

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2006

Di Franck Medioni All About Jazz: Come vi siete conosciuti? Sonny Rollins: La prima volta che ho incontrato David, credo, sia stato quando i genitori lo accompagnarono a vedere un mio concerto nel Greenwhich Village. David S. Ware: Al Village Vanguard per la precisione... SR: Era al Village Vanguard? DSW: Si. Ma la prima volta che ...

Sonny Rollins: Without a Song - The 9/11 Concert

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 5, 2006

[La mattina dell'11 settembre 2001 ero in banca e l'operatore fissava lo schermo del pc preoccupato dal crollo della borsa. Sembrava che un aereo si fosse schiantato contro una delle Torri Gemelle. Poi arrivarono le solite telefonate ansiose di madri e fidanzate che non aiutarono di molto la mia comprensione dei fatti. Ci pensò la televisione ...

Sonny Rollins: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert

by Florence Wetzel
January 27, 2006

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sonny Rollins was in his home, located six blocks from the World Trade Center. His evacuation the next day happened to be filmed by CNN. Despite the travel restrictions, Rollins and his band managed to make their September 15 gig at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Rollins was ...

Without A Song - The 9/11 Concert

By Sonny Rollins

Label: Milestone Records
Released: 2005

The Essential

By Sonny Rollins

Label: Milestone Records
Released: 2005

Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert

By Sonny Rollins

Label: Milestone
Released: 2005
Track listing: Without a Song; Global Warming; Introductions; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; Why Was I Born?; Where or When.