Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Sonny Rollins on his 95th birthday
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The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename NYC's Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins' musical sabbatical there from 1959-61. https://t.co/GRva9tpHRK
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@RollinsBridge My copy from the day it was released. I keep it safe in a frame.
I have others to enjoy.
Without a Song with Jim Hall is my favorite tune.
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Happy 95th birthday, Sonny Rollins!
📷 circa 1944 (age 14), Sonny Rollins archive
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Sonny Rollins was born in Harlem on this day in 1930. The Saxophone Colossus turns 95 years old today. He is the world’s greatest living improviser.
📸 David McLane/Getty Images, 1968
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On this day in 1958, Art Kane photographed 57 musicians at 17 East 126th Street for Esquire magazine. It was a Great Day in Harlem, 67 years ago today.
Sonny Rollins is the only musician from this photo still living.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sonny Rollins
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“I think that picture humanized a lot of the myth of what people thought jazz was.” Sonny Rollins
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Roy Haynes, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath:
Snap Crackle, Saxophone Colossus, Little Bird
📸 Jeanfrançois Prins, 2010
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Jimmy Heath, Sonny Rollins, & Roy Haynes
AKA Little Bird, The Saxophone Colossus, & Snap Crackle
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Roy Haynes, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, & Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Five Spot Cafe, NYC, September 1958
📸 Marvin Oppenberg
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RIP Roy Haynes (1925-2024) nytimes.com/2024/11/12/art…
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RIP Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
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McCoy with Hubert Laws, Sonny Rollins, and Quincy Jones at the Downbeat Awards Show in 1975.
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Henry Grimes was born in Philadelphia on this day in 1935.
📸 © Paul Hoeffler, Rochester, NY, 1958, Henry Grimes with the Sonny Rollins Trio
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RIP Benny Golson (1929-2024)
📸 Art Kane “A Great Day in Harlem” outtake: Golson, Rollins, & Monk; August 12, 1958
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Robert Mugge's 1986 film SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS
Free to watch through Sunday night
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Sonny Rollins was born in New York City on this day in 1930. The Saxophone Colossus turns 94 years old today.
📸 Martin Schoeller
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