Hardbopjazz Posted October 20, 2017 Report Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Why not a thread everything Sonny, and just Sonny? I'll start. Let's rename the Williamsburg Bridge The Sonny Rollins Bridge. Edited October 20, 2017 by Hardbopjazz Quote
Milestones Posted October 21, 2017 Report Posted October 21, 2017 There will always be Sonny! Sonny endures! I've been listening to Road Shows Vol. 4 and Sonny Rollins & Co. (from mid-60s). The latter is a real find, with Sonny doing some very interesting takes on standards (songbook and jazz), and it's good to hear more stuff with Jim Hall in the band. Quote
sgcim Posted October 23, 2017 Report Posted October 23, 2017 They just had a show about this on WNYC: http://sonnyrollinsbridge.net/ Quote
Pim Posted October 23, 2017 Report Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) We got a Sonny Rollins straat (street) in the city of Utrecht. It’s next to Miles Davis straat, a few blocks away from Lester Young pad (path) and also not far from Ella Fitzgerald plein (square). Never been there but that is one groovy neighborhood Edited October 23, 2017 by Pim Quote
Niko Posted October 23, 2017 Report Posted October 23, 2017 it's really too good to be true: google maps on Sonny Rollinsstraat at the crossing where the Ray Connifpad changes its name into Chris Barberpad (only to change its name again into Svend Assmussenpad a corner later when it crosses John Coltranestraat)... (I come to Utrecht from time to time but just spontaneously decided not to visit this neighborhood). Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted October 23, 2017 Report Posted October 23, 2017 I'm not usually down with the renaming mania, which we have a lot of in Portland generally and at Multnomah County Library specifically. but in this case I'm ok with it because there's a real connection between the thing and the person for which it will be renamed. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted October 23, 2017 Author Report Posted October 23, 2017 5 hours ago, Niko said: it's really too good to be true: google maps on Sonny Rollinsstraat at the crossing where the Ray Connifpad changes its name into Chris Barberpad (only to change its name again into Svend Assmussenpad a corner later when it crosses John Coltranestraat)... (I come to Utrecht from time to time but just spontaneously decided not to visit this neighborhood). It is so wonderful to see these jazz greats, and not just Sonny being honored by having a street named after them. Quote
gmonahan Posted November 9, 2017 Report Posted November 9, 2017 Love the great Sonny Rollins, but this thread could be about quite a few musicians: Theodore "Sonny" Rollins, saxophonist* Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark, pianist Sun Ra, aka Le Sony'r Ra, aka Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount, pianist/composer Frank "Sonny" Dallas, bassist Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, guitarist James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray, drummer* Huey "Sonny" Simmons, saxophonist* Edward "Sonny" Stitt, saxophonist William "Sonny" Criss, saxophonist Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune, saxophonist/flutist* Sonny Red, aka Sylvester Kyner Jr., saxophonist Saul "Sonny" Berman, trumpeter William Alexander "Sonny" Greer, drummer Percival "Sonny" Payne, drummer George "Sonny" Cohn, trumpeter Herbert Lawrence "Sonny" Greenwich, guitarist* Sunny Sumter, vocalist/DC Jazz Festival Executive Director* Sunny Jain, drummer* gregmo Quote
gmonahan Posted November 10, 2017 Report Posted November 10, 2017 21 hours ago, Ted O'Reilly said: Why the asterisks, gregmo? I pasted that from a google search that had those. NO idea!!! gregmo Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted November 11, 2017 Report Posted November 11, 2017 ...maybe there are really *61 of them, including Roger "Sonny" Maris! Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Posted November 15, 2017 Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Designates Major Gift to Oberlin NOVEMBER 13, 2017 By Erich Burnett Photo credit: John Abbott Newly created Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble Fund will support exemplary conservatory musicians and service efforts. In a career spanning seven decades, Sonny Rollins has left an indelible mark on the international jazz world. Now the saxophone legend and composer has done the same for Oberlin. This fall, Rollins designated a generous gift to Oberlin College for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble Fund. A phenom in the jazz world while still in his teens, Rollins was already playing and recording with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell by his early twenties. His gift to Oberlin grew out of his friendship with author and musician James McBride, a 1979 graduate of Oberlin College. The gift was made in recognition of the institution’s long legacy of access and social justice advocacy. In particular, Rollins was moved by Oberlin’s place as the first institution of higher learning to adopt a policy to admit students of color and the first to confer degrees to women, and by the contributions of alumni such as Will Marion Cook, a black violinist and composer who graduated in 1888 and who went on to become an important teacher and mentor to Duke Ellington. https://www.oberlin.edu/news/jazz-legend-sonny-rollins-designates-major-gift-oberlin Quote
JSngry Posted November 17, 2017 Report Posted November 17, 2017 Point being - Sonny has taken care of his money over the years in order to be in a position to do this. One more way that Sonny Rollins has won at life. Quote
medjuck Posted December 7, 2017 Report Posted December 7, 2017 http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/jazz-icon-sonny-rollins-on-giving-up-playing-and-his-legacy.html?utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw Quote
gmonahan Posted December 7, 2017 Report Posted December 7, 2017 Love what he said about practicing on the bridge. Sonny's amazing. Thanks for posting! gregmo Quote
JSngry Posted December 10, 2017 Report Posted December 10, 2017 https://cassiuslife.com/30637/sonny-rollins-interview/ Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted December 12, 2017 Author Report Posted December 12, 2017 only 42 more signatures needed for the petition. Rename the Williamsburg Bridge as the Sonny Rollins Williamsburg Bridge https://www.change.org/p/new-york-city-council-new-york-state-assembly-senate-rename-the-williamsburg-bridge-as-the-sonny-rollins-williamsburg-bridge?recruiter=259208&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive&sharerUserId=259208 Letter to New York City Council New York State Senate New York State Assembly New York City Community Boards We, the undersigned, support renaming the Williamsburg Bridge as the Sonny Rollins Williamsburg Bridge in honor of an outstanding New Yorker, the jazz legend Sonny Rollins, who practiced daily on the Williamsburg Bridge from the summer of 1959 to the fall of 1961. At that time, Mr. Rollins was living at 400 Grand Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and through reflection and discipline, adjusted his path and purpose, becoming a model of self-determination and resilience for all New Yorkers. About the Williamsburg Bridge: The Williamsburg Bridge is one of the major crossings of the East River, carrying approximately 140,000 motorists, 92,000 transit riders, 600 cyclists, and 500 pedestrians daily between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and serving some of the busiest arteries in New York City. Currently, the bridge carries four two-lane vehicular roadways, a south roadway (inner and outer) and north roadway (inner and outer), with two rapid transit tracks (J, M, and Z subway lines) in between. A walkway and a bikeway also run across the bridge. About Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who has been making music for over six decades. Born in Harlem in 1930, Mr. Rollins is a musical pioneer who has helped jazz bridge the different eras of bebop, hard bop, fusion, free jazz, avant-garde, and post bop. He is considered by many to be the greatest improviser to have ever lived. Rollins is currently 87 years and a living legend from the golden age of jazz. About the Sonny Rollins Bridge Project: The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename the Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins’ musical sabbatical there from 1959-1961. The project was begun in March 2016 and the effort has received news coverage around the world, including publications in Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The project is working closely with New York City and State representatives to introduce legislation to officially rename the bridge to the Sonny Rollins Williamsburg Bridge. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Posted January 2, 2018 A very nice rendition of "I Should Care." Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted May 12, 2018 Author Report Posted May 12, 2018 I like how Sonny build his solo on this version of Tenor Madness. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted May 17, 2018 Author Report Posted May 17, 2018 Sonny Rollins discusses his career You need to forward a bit. 10:50. https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/sonny-rollins-discusses-his-career Quote
medjuck Posted October 5, 2018 Report Posted October 5, 2018 I was playing some discs from the complete Prestige recordings and noticed that Sonny debuted 3 of his best known compositions, " Airegin", "Oleo" and "Doxy" in one session-- and he wasn't even the leader! It was a Miles session for which Sonny supplied three of the four numbers. (George Gershwin wrote the other.) Talk about generous, though I guess Miles returned the favor by recording Oleo several more times (and he didn't even try to claim authorship). Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted October 6, 2018 Author Report Posted October 6, 2018 Yeah, I've realized that too. It just as amazing that in 1957 e put out 9 sessions as a leader. Quote
paul secor Posted October 6, 2018 Report Posted October 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, medjuck said: I was playing some discs from the complete Prestige recordings and noticed that Sonny debuted 3 of his best known compositions, " Airegin", "Oleo" and "Doxy" in one session-- and he wasn't even the leader! It was a Miles session for which Sonny supplied three of the four numbers. (George Gershwin wrote the other.) Talk about generous, though I guess Miles returned the favor by recording Oleo several more times (and he didn't even try to claim authorship). Quote
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