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Same language, one with a lot of dialects.

Blues? Jazz? Rushing? There's a difference? Really?

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I found it interesting that Beaver Harris was not, uncommonly with Sonny in the 60s.

The Saxophone Colossus book has a pretty funny recounting of this guy. It's not the drummer, and he was hired by Sonny completely on a whim at the last minute, which turned out to not go well. The recording was the only show he played. He has yet to be heard from again. Oh yeah, he showed up at the airport to leave the US with a briefcase chaed to his wrist which never came off. It's contents, he said, was a bunch of original new music that he was going to spring on Sonny.

The Other Side Of Andy Williams!!!

I read this book too, and... it's a mess in terms of chronologies, names, etc. just basics of biography. It's very often...frustrating and discouraging. In spite of that, there are some good insights from Rollins family members, as well as a few things that I can't say have been covered elsewhere, like some kind of feud between Sonny and Max, and Sonny's fondness for levitation. There's also a focus on Sonny's spirituality as indicated by the title. The author appears to be personally oriented toward that way himself and provides background on all the different paths that Sonny travelled. Bottom line - not at all "essential", barely "supplemental", yet still - not without bits of interest sprinkled in all the way through.

Getin' there, thanks!

That's the cover photo for the upcoming Bill Barron Mosaic.

Bethlehem & especially Mode were some of the sufferingless labels of their time, so...disconnect, maybe? Or maybe he doesn't really have a point, just an agenda?

Thanks! It was time well spent, reading this book was.

Paul Q was recording as a leader for Mercury/Emarcy (Bob Shad) and then this one session pops up on his brother's label? And then one track ends up on a Mainstream record with a bunch of B. Shad stuff from the Sittin' In With label? Did Bob Shad really have a brother, and if so, was his name really Sonny Lester?