Home » Search Center » Results: Sonny Rollins

Results for "Sonny Rollins"

Advanced search options

4

Article: Live Review

The Billy Hart Quartet at the 21c Museum Hotel

Read "The Billy Hart Quartet at the 21c Museum Hotel" reviewed by Joseph Boselovic


The Billy Hart Quartet The 21c Museum Hotel Durham, NC September 26, 2016 Nearing the end of their first set at the 21c Museum Hotel in downtown Durham, Billy Hart stepped out from behind his set and looked out into the crowd. When he plays the drums, Hart's face often looks ...

News: Video / DVD

Video: Sonny Rollins, 1959

Video: Sonny Rollins, 1959

For me, what sets Sonny Rollins apart from all other tenor saxophonists in the 1950s is how he makes you feel as soon as he starts to play. For some reason, Sonny's sound hits my heart and mind, making me more emotionally aware. A feeling of seriousness comes over me and I pay hard attention to ...

23

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Grant Green: The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark – 1961-62

Read "Grant Green: The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark – 1961-62" reviewed by Marc Davis


Imagine if someone discovered a stash of unreleased Beatles records 15 years after they broke up. Then imagine Apple Records released all that music in a 2-CD set. That's what Grant Green: The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark is like. I exaggerate, but not by much. Grant Green wasn't the Beatles of ...

1

Article: Album Review

Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows, Vol. 4

Read "Holding The Stage: Road Shows, Vol. 4" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Sax Rhapsody. Si potrebbe definire così questo CD che documenta alcuni tour de force rollinsiani tra il 1996 e il 2012. Le otto tracce proposte offrono un'efficace rappresentazione di un genio in concerto, in tutta la sua carica espressiva. A fare da trait d'union è la volatile fantasia improvvisativa, immersa in un aureo classicismo capace di ...

23

Article: Jazz Raconteurs

Live Trane: Never Before, Never After

Read "Live Trane: Never Before, Never After" reviewed by David Liebman


NEA Jazz Master and much celebrated saxophonist, composer, bandleader, educator and author Dave Liebman recounts the life-changing experiences of witnessing live performances by John Coltrane as told to Dave Kaufman. I always say my epiphany was the first time I saw Coltrane in February of 1962 at Birdland. The fact that I even knew ...

14

Article: Top Ten List

John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Not Including “My Favorite Things”)

Read "John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Not Including “My Favorite Things”)" reviewed by Matt J. Popham


John Coltrane died on July 17, 1967 at the age of forty. Had he lived, he would have turned 90 on September 23rd of this year. When one considers the profound effect he had--not just on jazz, but on music as a whole--in the brief two decades of his career, it's not only daunting, but depressing, ...

10

Article: Interview

Jeff Parker: Reinventing Tradition

Read "Jeff Parker: Reinventing Tradition" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Is there such a thing as a Chicago sound? Back in the year 2000, a compilation was released that tried to portray a new and exciting musical scene. The album was called Chicago 2018... It's Gonna Change and it highlighted a brilliant mixture of free jazz, electronica, post-rock, art pop and experimental folk music. Of the ...

8

Article: Book Review

Whisper Not: The Autobiography Of Benny Golson

Read "Whisper Not: The Autobiography Of Benny Golson" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Whisper Not Benny Golson and Jim Merod 335 Pages ISBN: 9781439913338 Temple University Press 2016 Philadelphia has always been a cradle for outstanding jazz talent, though when it comes to durability surely none can match Benny Golson, who began playing seventy years ago. At 87, Golson--an NEA Jazz ...

11

Article: Interview

Ron Carter: Detroit Jazz Festival 2016 Artist-In-Residence

Read "Ron Carter: Detroit Jazz Festival 2016 Artist-In-Residence" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


As the artist-in-residence for the 37th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival, Ron Carter maintained an active role in both the artistic and educational functions that accompanied this distinguished position, made even more extraordinary by the fact that it was all happening in his hometown. Having teamed with Pat Metheny last year for a stellar duo ...

3

News: TV / Film

Brownie Speaks Screening At The Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17

Brownie Speaks Screening At The Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17

Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary about jazz legend Clifford Brown will be screened at the Monterey Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 5:30 PM. The event, which will include a Q&A with producer/director Don Glanden, will take place at the Jazz Theater. The film has received rave reviews and numerous accolades in the jazz ...


Engage

Publisher's Desk
A Word About Social Media and Other Platforms
Read on...
The place for jazz polls and surveys!
Reader Polls
Which jazz venues deserve to be on top?
Cast Your Vote Today
The Big Question
Is it OK for artists to pay writers for reviews?
Post Your Comment

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.