Revisiting sonny rollinss score for alfie, a musical masterwork. Accurate, easytoread lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. Rollins, sonny theodore walter rollins, 1930, africanamerican tenor saxophonist and composer, b. Walter theodore sonny rollins born september 7, 1930 is an american jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. During the only 50s period, he recorded an incredible amount of sessions mainly for prestige, blue note and contemporary, most of which are considered historical. Sonny rollins biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Dm7 g7 cmaj7 d m7 g 7 bmaj7 cm7 f7 b maj7 b m7 e 7 a maj7 gm7 5 c7 d maj7 2. Max roach clifford brown quintet live at basin street, april, 1956 ingo it two. An alumnus of bud powell 1949, miles davis 1951 and max roach 195557, having contributed the compositions airegin, doxy and oleo to davis bags groove june 1954, theodore sonny rollins 1930 started out as a leader with the confusingly titled sonny rollins with the modern jazz quartet october 1953, that contained his mambo bounce recorded in december. Nov 20, 20 airegin, sonny rollins young musicians program hubert laws, flute elena pinderhughes, flute. Hire sonny rollins for a corporate event or performance booking. Recording history airegin was first recorded in 1954 by the miles davis quintet and released in the us on the 10 lp miles davis with sonny rollins. Sonny has just really started to click for me after a few years of casual listening.
Within the next few months, he began to make a name for himself, recording with johnson and appearing under the leadership of. Sonny rollins grew up in harlems famed sugar hill district at a time when bebop was king. Dm7 5g7 cm7 5 g 7 f7 b7 b m7 e 7sus4 a 6 fim gm7 5 c7 9 bop 1 airegin sonny rollins. Each year, one such award is given to a pop or jazz composer, with a second such award going to a classical composer. Sonny rollins, byname newk, original name theodore walter rollins, born september 7, 1930, new york, new york, u. The key to playing this sonny rollins tune is not to compare yourself to sonny rollins. Buy miles davis, sonny rollinss album titled the classic prestige sessions. Hard to believe 2 years turned into 5 discs and he still did 6 dates for prestige in 56 no wonder he had to take some time off. Book your sonny rollins vip meet and greet tickets, or sonny rollins ticket packages 2020, find sonny rollins tour dates and schedule 2020 click here. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Ananym derived from explanation type references 20461 dioretsa.
Track listing all pieces by rollins unless otherwise noted. After graduating from high school in 1947, rollins began performing professionally. Also, i like sonnys sound his cuts dont have to be eight minutes long to be enjoyable for me. Mar 03, 2015 sonny has just really started to click for me after a few years of casual listening. Airegin, sonny rollins young musicians program hubert laws, flute elena pinderhughes, flute. Airegin by sonny rollins the new real book vol 1 chords. In a sevendecade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. The classic prestige sessions 19511956 by miles davis, sonny.
Saxophone colossus is one of sonny rollins most acclaimed albums. There is an instinctually pervasive nature as they weave into and back out of each others melody lines, only to emerge with a solo that liberates the structure of the mostly pop standards. Sonny rollins born september 7, 1930, new york city, new york, usa is an american jazz tenor saxophonist, widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. Sonnys comics online cgc comic books, original art.
Bob blumenthal provides the text and, along with john abbotts remarkably captivating images, presents an entertaining, educational, and inspirational statement about one. Concord music has remastered and reissued a set of jazz landmarks, and sonny rollinss 1957 way out west is one of the most influential, writes john fordham. Jul 26, print and download in pdf or midi how high the moon. Find highquality sonny rollins stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Sonny rollins at his 80th birthday show, the beacon theater, new york city, 20100910. Nisenson writes with an obvious love of jazz and his book is peppered with rollinss own words originally expressed in a series of telephone interviews with the author. Listen free to sonny rollins saxophone colossus st. Charliemusic you can purchase and download the transcription in. Rollins, who was 80 years old at the time, seemed to enjoy the questions and the flow of the. Rollins chose the name airegin as it is nigeria spelled backward. Sonny rollins sonny rollins and the contemporary leaders. I put down my horn and considered my prospects for jazz greatness, which lay at my feet like a granite slab. Sonny rollins on his new home, in the key of e house.
I m thinking of sonny rollinss score for the 1966 british comic drama alfie, the. Sonny rollins, volume 1 is a jazz album by sonny rollins, his first effort for the blue note label. Sonny s comics and collectibles is an online buyer, seller and consignment dealer of certified guaranty company comic books, memorabilia and collectibles. In the early 50s he performed with miles davis who. Rikers island will be shuttered by 2026 after the city council of new york voted 36 today in favor of establishing smaller jails spread across the city. He has worked with greats such as miles davis, art taylor, j. The sound, the technique, the concepts, they were sooo hip at the time people are still trying to get it down. I really like sax colossus and one of the reasons is because i like sonny with piano but this piano in particular.
Music profile for sonny rollins, born 7 september 1930. Recorded and released in 1956, it is widely considered the masterpiece of. Voted by miles davis as the greatest tenor ever, an inventive saxophonist and an astonishing soloist. Create a spoof social media profile for a person, theme, place or object being studied. Rollins, sonny article about rollins, sonny by the free. Rikers island will be shuttered by 2026 after the city council of new york voted 36 today in favor of establishing smaller. According to the all music guide, sonny rollins will go down in history as not only the single most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop era, but also the greatest contemporary jazz saxophonist of them all. Sonny rollins on his new home, in the key of e house call. How high the moon lead sheet pdf jan 17, print and download in pdf or midi how high the moon. Hire sonny rollins for a corporate event or performance. Print and download lead sheets for airegin by sonny rollins in f minor. Sonny rollins, american jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who was among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid1950s. The saxophonist was joined by the musicians with whom he recorded for the next segment of his career.
Albums include saxophone colossus, the bridge, and sonny side up. Portrait of american jazz tenor saxophonist sonny rollins rehearsing infront of a mirror before a concert at the civic opera house, chicago, il, us, 1956. Best of sonny rollins by sonny rollins, paperback barnes. A master of jazz improvisation, rollins is known for his rich tone, emotional depth, and inventive use of melody, harmony, and rhythm. Sonny rollins airegin sheet music leadsheet in f minor. On may 21, 2007, sonny rollins was awarded the polar prize from the royal swedish academy of music. Sonny rollins recordings from 5658 are like nothing else. It was rollins first release following a threeyear sabbatical and was his first album for rca victor. Within the next few months, he began to make a name for himself, recording with johnson and appearing. We will negotiate with the sonny rollins agent on your behalf, but if your funding is not in place then it will more difficult to book sonny rollins, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. Upcoming sonny rollins events in my area today, near my city tonight, this weekend, this summer. Sonny rollins and the contemporary leaders discogs. Sonny rollins tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. Open sky provides the reader with a music fans perspective on the brilliance of sax great, sonny rollins.
Richard brody on the jazz soundtrack created by sonny rollins for the movie. The bridge is a studio album by jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, recorded in 1962. Sonny began performing in his teens with charlie parker, j. A portrait of sonny rollins is a mustbuy for anyone with interests in either jazz or photography and certainly if you are like me interested in both. Rollins grew up in a neighbourhood where thelonious monk, coleman hawkins his early idol, and bud powell were playing. You cant think and play at the same time jazz improvisation is supposed to be the highest form of communication, says the 83yearold sax legend, who is about to release the.
The original lp record, blue note release blp1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. Saxophone colossus a jazz prodigy before he turned 20, sonny rollins ranks with john coltrane and coleman hawkins as one of the great tenor saxophonists. Rollins featured extensively with other jazz giants, from thelonious monk to max roach. Jim hall on guitar, bob cranshaw on double bass and ben riley on drums. Tenor saxophonist sonny rollins, 82, is recipient of the national medal of arts and a grammy lifetime achievement award. Also, i like sonny s sound his cuts dont have to be eight minutes long to be enjoyable for me.
Arguably, it is rollins and heath the latter, incidentally, makes his east coast debut on this album who set the ambience for the sound of sonny. Comic book character whose creator wrote down noblesounding names backwards and thought romannamor looked the best. Sonnys comics and collectibles is an online buyer, seller and consignment dealer of certified guaranty company comic books, memorabilia and collectibles. Airegin is a jazz standard composed by american jazz saxophonist sonny rollins in 1954. This interview with sonny rollins was commissioned as an nea jazz masters oral history in conjunction with the smithsonian institutions jazz oral history program, recorded on feb. A notorious new york city jail that has housed such names as tupac shakur, sid vicious, sonny rollins and lil wayne is being shuttered.
A true jazz icon, a major tenor sax, theodore walter rollins career spans more than sixty years. Your top 3 sonny rollins albums steve hoffman music forums. Sonny rollins was my hero, in so many ways everything i. Sonny rollins is an american jazz tenor saxophonist, widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians on the planet. There is low probability to book sonny rollins for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range.
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