sonnyhill Posted September 7, 2014 Report Posted September 7, 2014 Happy Birthday Sonny Rollins! Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 7, 2014 Report Posted September 7, 2014 the outpouring today is really awesome, although i have to say its sad how like sonny, is the sole tenor saxophone-recipient of anything like this! wish everyone was still around Quote
7/4 Posted September 7, 2014 Report Posted September 7, 2014 Sonny Rollins on Jazz Profiles until 7pm edst http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/ Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted September 7, 2014 Report Posted September 7, 2014 Happy birthday Sonny. Long live the master. Quote
Cyril Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 Happy Belated Birthday to The Titan, Sonny Rollins !!! Quote
Justin V Posted September 9, 2014 Report Posted September 9, 2014 I hope Sonny had a great birthday, and here's wishing him many happy returns! Quote
sidewinder Posted September 9, 2014 Report Posted September 9, 2014 I hope Sonny had a great birthday, and here's wishing him many happy returns! Hear, hear ! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted September 9, 2014 Report Posted September 9, 2014 lots of rad Virgos in the music world. Happy Belated to Sonny. Quote
Cyril Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Happy 85th Birthday, Sonny Rollins!!! Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 A new Night Lights show up today for Mr. Rollins' 85th:Crossing The Bridge: The Return Of Sonny Rollins...and some previous ones as well:Rollins '57: Sonny Rollins Takes The LeadSonny Rollins: Live In London Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Happy 85 Sonny and many more to come.Newark, NJ May 2011. Quote
JSngry Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Stay healthy, and keep the voice speaking, by any means necessary/available. Quote
erwbol Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Happy Birthday, Mr. Rollins! Long live Newk! Quote
medjuck Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Happy Birthday Newk! Speaking of whom (and I think I told this story before) I was at a club in LA once to see Jimmy Smith and thought I saw Sonny in the audience. Then Jimmy announced that there was a celebrity in the house and introduced Don Newcombe. Quote
Joe Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 (edited) Thank God there are still some giants walking this earth. Edited September 7, 2015 by Joe spelling error Quote
GA Russell Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 Sonny's name was included in our morning paper's list of celebrity birthdays today. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted September 8, 2015 Report Posted September 8, 2015 This is a great photo. Two giants still among us. Quote
xybert Posted September 8, 2015 Report Posted September 8, 2015 Some/Much truth here:That was pretty cool. Quote
Mark Stryker Posted October 4, 2015 Report Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) Ok, this is Holy Grail shit right here. The night Sonny Rollins appeared on "The Tonight Show" 9/79 (the clip says 1980 but that's wrong.) He plays a cappella for nearly 7 minutes, and he really brings it. Totally prime Sonny. Don't miss the ending coda too. I've wanted to hear this for literally 35 years. I know now is not the time to praise Bill Cosby (and for good reason), but credit where credit is due, and it was Cosby, hosting that night, who brought Sonny on the show. Given the myriad layers of cultural meaning, context -- Sonny playing 7 minutes by himself on national TV, seriously?! -- and the quality of the performance, this is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. The amount of air, life wisdom and wit flowing through that horn is astounding. Hat tip to Michael Cuscuna/Mosaic Records for alerting folks that this had made it to youtube. Edited October 4, 2015 by Mark Stryker Quote
blind-blake Posted October 4, 2015 Report Posted October 4, 2015 Unbelievable! You can hear the whole history of jazz here. Quote
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