Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Walter Theodore Rollins was born in Harlem, New York on September 7, 1930, of parents native to the Virgin Islands. His older brother Valdemar and sister Gloria were also musically inclined but only Sonny veered away from classical music after his uncle, a professional saxophonist, introduced him to jazz and blues. He gravitated to the tenor saxophone in high school, inspired in particular by Coleman Hawkins. "I always had a strong rhythmic thing," Sonny says. "That was there from the start." By the time he was out of school, Rollins was already working with big-name musicians such as Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, and Roy Haynes. In 1951 he debuted as a leader on Prestige; his affiliation with that label also produced classics such as Saxophone Colossus, Worktime, and Tenor Madness (with John Coltrane). In early 1956, until he went out on his own permanently as a leader in the summer of 1957, Rollins played in the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet, one of the most definitive (and tragically short-lived) hard-bop ensembles of its day. Often with his own piano-less trio, Rollins then entered a tremendously fertile period during which he recorded major works such as A Night at the Village Vanguard, Way Out West, and Freedom Suite. In 1959, Rollins took the first of his legendary sabbaticals from music. Living on Manhattan's Lower East Side, he was often spotted on the nearby Williamsburg Bridge at night, deep in a rigorous practice regimen. "I wanted to work on my horn, I wanted to study more harmony, I wanted to better myself," he told Stanley Crouch in The New Yorker, "and I wanted to get out of the environment of all that smoke and alcohol and drugs." When Rollins returned to performing in 1961, he recorded The Bridge with Jim Hall and Bob Cranshaw, led a quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Billy Higgins, and recorded with his idol Coleman Hawkins. He also received a Grammy nomination for his score for the popular film Alfie. At decade's end he undertook one final hiatus, studying Zen Buddhism in Japan and yoga in India. While living in an ashram, he considered leaving music permanently in order to pursue spiritual studies, but a teacher persuaded him that music was his spiritual path, and an uplifting force for good. In 1972, with the encouragement and support of his wife Lucille, who had become his business manager, Rollins returned to performing and recording, signing with Milestone and releasing Next Album. (Working at first with Orrin Keepnews, Sonny was by the early '80s producing his own Milestone sessions with Lucille.) His lengthy association with the Berkeley-based label produced two dozen albums in various settings - from his working groups to all-star ensembles (Tommy Flanagan, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams); from a solo recital to tour recordings with the Milestone Jazzstars (Ron Carter, McCoy Tyner); in the studio and on the concert stage (Montreux, San Francisco, New York, Boston). Sonny was also the subject of a mid-'80s documentary by Robert Mugge entitled Saxophone Colossus; part of its soundtrack is available as G-Man. He won his first performance Grammy for This Is What I Do (2000), and his second for 2004's Without a Song (The 9/11 Concert), in the Best Jazz Instrumental Solo category (for "Why Was I Born"). In addition, Sonny received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 2004. In June 2006 Rollins was inducted into the Academy of Achievement - and gave a solo performance - at the International Achievement Summit in Los Angeles. The event was hosted by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and attended by world leaders as well as distinguished figures in the arts and sciences. "I am convinced that all art has the desire to leave the ordinary," Rollins said in a recent interview for the Catalan magazine Jaç, "and to say it one way, at a spiritual level, a state of the exaltation at existence. All art has this in common. But jazz, the world of improvisation, is perhaps the highest, because we do not have the opportunity to make changes. It's as if we were painting before the public, and the following morning we cannot go back and correct that blue color or change that red. We have to have the blues and reds very well placed before going out to play. So for me, jazz is probably the most demanding art. “ And Sonny Rollins - seeker and past master – remains one of jazz's most exacting, exhilarating, and inspiring practitioners.

ALBUM

Una raccolta completa degli album di Sonny Rollins, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.

Volume 1 - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Volume 1

Blue Note Classic
  • Vinile
Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums

Box Set
  • Vinile
  • CD
Sonny Rollins - On Impulse! - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins - On Impulse!

  • Vinile
Easy Living - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Easy Living

  • Digitale
There Will Never Be Another You - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

There Will Never Be Another You

Live At The Museum Of Modern Art, New York, 1965
  • Digitale
On Impulse! - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

On Impulse!

  • Digitale
Alfie - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Alfie

MFiT / Original Music From The Score
  • Vinile
  • Digitale
The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard

MFiT
  • Digitale
East Broadway Run Down - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

East Broadway Run Down

  • Vinile
  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass

Expanded Edition
  • Digitale
Milestone Profiles: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Milestone Profiles: Sonny Rollins

  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins's Finest Hour - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins's Finest Hour

Reissue
  • Digitale
Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Sonny Rollins

Reissue
  • Digitale
Sonny Side Up - Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie

Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie

Sonny Side Up

Reissue
  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins On Impulse! - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins On Impulse!

96kHz/24-bit
  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders - Sonny Rollins, Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes

Sonny Rollins, Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Moving Out - Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Thelonious Monk

Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Thelonious Monk

Moving Out

Hi Res [192/24]
  • Digitale
The Sound Of Sonny - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Sound Of Sonny

Hi Res [192/24]
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Sonny Boy - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Boy

Hi Res [192/24]
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Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet - Sonny Rollins, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey

Sonny Rollins, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey

Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet

Hi Res [192/24]
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Tour De Force - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Tour De Force

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
The Complete Prestige Recordings - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Complete Prestige Recordings

  • Digitale
Dig - Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins

Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins

Dig

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Bags' Groove - Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Bags' Groove

Hi Res [192/24]
  • Digitale
Newk's Time - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Newk's Time

  • Vinile
  • SHM CD
  • Digitale
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry

Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry

Brilliant Corners

Keepnews Collection
  • Digitale
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins - Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

Rudy Van Gelder Remaster / Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins

Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins

Saxophone Colossus

Rudy Van Gelder Remaster / Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
The Complete Night At The "Village Vanguard" - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Complete Night At The "Village Vanguard"

192kHz/24bit
  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

Optimized For Digital
  • Digitale
Bags' Groove [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] - Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Bags' Groove [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster]

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Plus Four [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] - Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Max Roach

Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Max Roach

Plus Four [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster]

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

192kHz/24bit
  • Digitale
A Night At The Village Vanguard - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

A Night At The Village Vanguard

  • Vinile
  • CD
  • Digitale
Rollin' With Rollins (Jazz Club) - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Rollin' With Rollins (Jazz Club)

  • CD
On Impulse! / There Will Never Be Another You - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

On Impulse! / There Will Never Be Another You

  • Digitale
The Definitive Sonny Rollins On Prestige, Riverside, And Contemporary - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Definitive Sonny Rollins On Prestige, Riverside, And Contemporary

  • Digitale
The Mellow Sound Of Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Mellow Sound Of Sonny Rollins

  • Digitale
Reel Life - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Reel Life

Digital eBooklet Version
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The Freelance Years - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Freelance Years

CD 5
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No Problem - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

No Problem

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Brass/Trio - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Brass/Trio

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Here's To The People - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Here's To The People

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Old Flames - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Old Flames

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Worktime - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Worktime

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Love At First Sight - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Love At First Sight

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Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet - Sonny Rollins, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Sonny Rollins Quartet

Sonny Rollins, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Sonny Rollins Quartet

Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet

Remastered
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Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

  • Vinile
  • Digitale
Rollins Plays For Byrd - Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach

Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach

Rollins Plays For Byrd

  • Digitale
Jazz Showcase - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Jazz Showcase

  • Digitale
The Essential Sonny Rollins On Riverside - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Essential Sonny Rollins On Riverside

  • Digitale
The Impulse Story - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Impulse Story

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Way Out West - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Way Out West

  • Vinile
  • Digitale
Prestige Profiles - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Prestige Profiles

  • Digitale
Prestige Profiles: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Prestige Profiles: Sonny Rollins

With Collector's Edition Bonus Disc
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Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus

Remastered
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Plus Four - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Plus Four

  • Digitale
The Very Best - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Very Best

  • Digitale
Sonny Rollins: Ken Burns's Jazz - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins: Ken Burns's Jazz

  • CD
Essential - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Essential

  • Digitale
Ballads - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Ballads

  • Digitale
Volume Two - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Volume Two

  • Digitale
Jazz Profile: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Jazz Profile: Sonny Rollins

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Priceless Jazz  6: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Priceless Jazz 6: Sonny Rollins

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The Best Of Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

The Best Of Sonny Rollins

  • Digitale
Volume One - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Volume One

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SINGOLI

I singoli più rappresentativi di Sonny Rollins, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.

You - Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

You

Alternate Take
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BIOGRAFIA



Walter Theodore Rollins was born in Harlem, New York on September 7, 1930, of parents native to the Virgin Islands. His older brother Valdemar and sister Gloria were also musically inclined but only Sonny veered away from classical music after his uncle, a professional saxophonist, introduced him to jazz and blues.

He gravitated to the tenor saxophone in high school, inspired in particular by Coleman Hawkins. "I always had a strong rhythmic thing," Sonny says. "That was there from the start." By the time he was out of school, Rollins was already working with big-name musicians such as Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, and Roy Haynes. In 1951 he debuted as a leader on Prestige; his affiliation with that label also produced classics such as Saxophone Colossus, Worktime, and Tenor Madness (with John Coltrane).

In early 1956, until he went out on his own permanently as a leader in the summer of 1957, Rollins played in the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet, one of the most definitive (and tragically short-lived) hard-bop ensembles of its day. Often with his own piano-less trio, Rollins then entered a tremendously fertile period during which he recorded major works such as A Night at the Village Vanguard, Way Out West, and Freedom Suite.

In 1959, Rollins took the first of his legendary sabbaticals from music. Living on Manhattan's Lower East Side, he was often spotted on the nearby Williamsburg Bridge at night, deep in a rigorous practice regimen. "I wanted to work on my horn, I wanted to study more harmony, I wanted to better myself," he told Stanley Crouch in The New Yorker, "and I wanted to get out of the environment of all that smoke and alcohol and drugs."

When Rollins returned to performing in 1961, he recorded The Bridge with Jim Hall and Bob Cranshaw, led a quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Billy Higgins, and recorded with his idol Coleman Hawkins. He also received a Grammy nomination for his score for the popular film Alfie. At decade's end he undertook one final hiatus, studying Zen Buddhism in Japan and yoga in India. While living in an ashram, he considered leaving music permanently in order to pursue spiritual studies, but a teacher persuaded him that music was his spiritual path, and an uplifting force for good.

In 1972, with the encouragement and support of his wife Lucille, who had become his business manager, Rollins returned to performing and recording, signing with Milestone and releasing Next Album. (Working at first with Orrin Keepnews, Sonny was by the early '80s producing his own Milestone sessions with Lucille.) His lengthy association with the Berkeley-based label produced two dozen albums in various settings - from his working groups to all-star ensembles (Tommy Flanagan, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams); from a solo recital to tour recordings with the Milestone Jazzstars (Ron Carter, McCoy Tyner); in the studio and on the concert stage (Montreux, San Francisco, New York, Boston). Sonny was also the subject of a mid-'80s documentary by Robert Mugge entitled Saxophone Colossus; part of its soundtrack is available as G-Man.

He won his first performance Grammy for This Is What I Do (2000), and his second for 2004's Without a Song (The 9/11 Concert), in the Best Jazz Instrumental Solo category (for "Why Was I Born"). In addition, Sonny received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 2004. In June 2006 Rollins was inducted into the Academy of Achievement - and gave a solo performance - at the International Achievement Summit in Los Angeles. The event was hosted by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and attended by world leaders as well as distinguished figures in the arts and sciences.

"I am convinced that all art has the desire to leave the ordinary," Rollins said in a recent interview for the Catalan magazine Jaç, "and to say it one way, at a spiritual level, a state of the exaltation at existence. All art has this in common. But jazz, the world of improvisation, is perhaps the highest, because we do not have the opportunity to make changes. It's as if we were painting before the public, and the following morning we cannot go back and correct that blue color or change that red. We have to have the blues and reds very well placed before going out to play. So for me, jazz is probably the most demanding art. “

And Sonny Rollins - seeker and past master – remains one of jazz's most exacting, exhilarating, and inspiring practitioners.

ULTIME NEWS

“… so che era un buon disco […]. Insomma, mi sentivo soddisfatto in tutto e per tutto di com’era andata.” Parola di Sonny Rollins, 67 anni dopo…
29.05.2024

“… so che era un buon disco […]. Insomma, mi sentivo soddisfatto in tutto e per tutto di com’era andata.” Parola di Sonny Rollins, 67 anni dopo…

“… so che era un buon disco e che è rimasto molto conosciuto. Non so quanto possa aver venduto e cose di questo genere, ma già allora sapevo che era venuto bene […]. Insomma, mi sentivo soddisfatto in tutto e per tutto di com’era andata.” Con la consueta modestia il colosso Sonny Rollins, a colloquio con il presidente di Blue Note Records Don Was, parla delle straordinarie registrazioni catturate al Village Vanguard nel lontano 1957. L’estratto dell’intervista e un lungo e puntualissimo saggio di Riccardo Brazzale celebrano sulle pagine dello storico mensile Musica Jazz la pubblicazione dell’integrale di quelle incisioni - per la prima volta restituite al suono dei nastri originali - in digitale, vinile (triplo LP) e doppio CD Ecco “a night at the village vanguard – the complete masters”
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Cover story di MUSICA JAZZ dedicata a Sonny Rollins
16.12.2011

Cover story di MUSICA JAZZ dedicata a Sonny Rollins

"Come migliorare a ottant'anni": questo il titolo della bella intervista a Sonny Rollins realizzata da Francesco Martinelli sull'ultimo numero della storica rivista MUSICA JAZZ, in edicola questo mese.
 
SONNY ROLLINS: esce un album strepitoso
09.09.2011

SONNY ROLLINS: esce un album strepitoso

Nel concerto straordinario per gli 80 anni del Saxophone Colossus, Sonny Rollins e Ornette Coleman per la prima volta insieme sul palco! L´acclamatissimo concerto newyorchese Sonny@80 del 10 settembre 2010 è stato un evento straordinario: per la prima volta due giganti del jazz contemporaneo come Rollins e Coleman (spalleggiati da Chris McBride e dall´altro grande veterano Roy Haynes) si sono uniti in una storica versione di Sonnymoon For Two di ben 20 minuti. Negli altri brani del concerto (evidenziati qui sopra nel riquadro) alla band di Rollins (Russell Malone, Bob Cranshaw, Kobie Watkins e Sammy Figueroa) si sono uniti l´amico Jim Hall (quasi 50 anni dopo "The Bridge"!) e Roy Hargrove. Il disco è completato da due brani registrati un mese più tardi a Sapporo, in Giappone.
 
Buon anno con il grande Sonny Rollins!
04.01.2010

Buon anno con il grande Sonny Rollins!

Nell'aughurare buon anno, Universal Music Italia ritorna sulla recentissima uscita del box SONNY ROLLINS - The Prestige Albums. Si tratta di un box (per ora in esclusiva per il mercato italiano) che contiene tutti gli otto album incisi dal Saxophone Colossus (sì, c'è amche quwesta punta di diamante nel cofanetto...) per l'etichetta Prestige negli anni Cinquanta. Questo l'elenco: With the Modern Jazz Quartet Moving Out Worktime Plus Four Tenor Madness Saxophone Colossus Rollins Plays for Bird Tour de force Come ogni appassionato sa, si tratta di anni di grande fervore creativo e di crescita esponenziale per il giovane ma già affermatissimo sassofonista, che realizzò ben sei degli otto album nell'arco di un solo anno, dal dicembre 1955 al dicembre 1956. Impressionante è la lista di quanti hanno contribuito alla realizzazione dei capolavori, tra i quali spiccano John Coltrane Clifford Brown Kenny Dorham Milt Jackson Thelonious Monk Red Garland Tommy Flanagan John Lewis Elmo Hope Richie Powell Ray Bryant Wade Legge Kenny Drew Paul Chambers Percy Heath Doug Watkins Tommy Potter George Morrow Max Roach Art Blakey Kenny Clarke Philly Joe Jones Roy Haynes Art Taylor Il box - come non bastasse - è in vendita a un prezzo (suggerito) di grande richiamo, intorno ai 25 euro.
 
Rollins e Coltrane: in occasione dell'uscita dei rispettivi box, guarda uno splendido video firmato Concord!
15.12.2009

Rollins e Coltrane: in occasione dell'uscita dei rispettivi box, guarda uno splendido video firmato Concord!

Sono già disponibili nei migliori negozi di dischi i due imperdibili box dedicati uno alla produzione Prestige del John Coltrane sideman ("Side Steps", 5CD Prestige 723 1345), e l´altro agli album che Sonny Rollins ha inciso per la Prestige nei mitici anni Cinquanta ("The Prestige Albums", 8 CD Concord 532 3260).
 
SONNY ROLLINS: tutte le incisioni Prestige degli anni Cinquanta
10.12.2009

SONNY ROLLINS: tutte le incisioni Prestige degli anni Cinquanta

Dopo il successo del box dedicato a Miles Davis ("All Miles", 14 CD Concord 532 1756), Concord Records è in procinto di pubblicare un altro cofanetto da collezione che farà la gioia di tutti i jazzofili. Protagonista Sonny Rollins, altro colosso del jazz tutt´ora in attività, con i suoi 8 album registrati per la Prestige nei mitici anni Cinquanta. Con il leader comprimari eccellenti come John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Thelonious Monk, Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, J. J. Johnson, Milt Jackson, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Philly Joe Jones. In aggiunta agli 8 album anche un prezioso libretto con copertine e informazioni discografiche dettagliate. Il prezzo suggerito al pubblico è ancora una volta stupefacente: soltanto 24,90 EURO.
 
"Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins - The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951 - 1956": due titani del jazz per un doppio CD imperdibile
15.10.2009

"Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins - The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951 - 1956": due titani del jazz per un doppio CD imperdibile

Miles Davis, come è noto, oltre che grande artista è stato un formidabile "talent scout". Fra le sue "scoperte" anche Sonny Rollins, uno dei migliori sassofonisti dell´epoca insieme a John Coltrane: naturale dunque che il grande trombettista ne avesse da subito cercato la collaborazione (come del resto fece poi con lo stesso Trane). Nascevano così grandi incisioni poi apparse in 4 celeberrimi album: "Collector´s Items", "Bag´s Groove", "Dig", "Miles Davis & Horns". Ora tutte queste registrazioni, vere e proprie pietre miliari della storia del jazz, per la prima volta sono riunite insieme in un´unica preziosa pubblicazione firmata Concord. Nel doppio CD più di due ore di musica: oltre a brani degli stessi Davis e Rollins, anche composizioni di colleghi illustri come John Lewis, George Shearing e Thelonious Monk. Non mancano, infine, alcuni classici tratti dal Grande Songbook americano. Un vero "must" per tutti gli appassionati.
 
Intervista a Sonny Rollins su MUSICA JAZZ
02.03.2009

Intervista a Sonny Rollins su MUSICA JAZZ

Esce il numero di marzo di Musica Jazz, la storica testata che dal 1946 parla di jazz qui in Italia. Il piatto forte di queato nuovo numero è una lunga e articolata intervista a Sonny Rollins siglata da Enzo Capua, che dedica nel conesto anche una recensione a dir poco entusiastica a "ROAD SHOWS vol. 1", il disco con inediti uscito di recente. Così scrive Capua: "Un album di Rollins [...] è già di per sé un evento, ma in questo caso si può parlare di qualcosa di assolutaente memorabile. Una pietra miliare nella cospicua discografia del "Saxophone Colossus"..." e ancora: "Basterebbero gli undici minuti di Easy Living registrati in un concerto a Varsavia nel 1980 per farci reinnamorare di Sonny - se proprio ce ne fosse bisogno - perché qui si tratta di una delle più grandi performance al tenore di tutta la storia del jazz." ... e per finire: "Attendiamo con pazienza le prossime puntate, tanto la gioia dell´ascolto per ora è inesauribile."
 
JAZZiT: intervista esclusiva a Sonny Rollins
29.10.2008

JAZZiT: intervista esclusiva a Sonny Rollins

In occasione dell'uscita di ROAD SHOWS - vol. 1, Sonny Rollins appare in una lunga e ricca intervista sul bimestrale JAZZiT, firmata dal direttore Vincenzo Martorella. Clicca sulla copertina per accedere al sito della rivista
 
ROAD SHOWS, gli inediti di Sonny Rollins
27.10.2008

ROAD SHOWS, gli inediti di Sonny Rollins

Come annunciato, è uscito il primo volume di quella che si presenta come una serie irrinunciabile per gli appassionati: "Roadshows", una raccolta di inediti di Sonny Rollins registrati nell'ultimo trentennio. Il primo appuntamento contiene registrazioni ad opera di un grande appassionato (Carl Smith) e del trombonista Clifton Anderson. Dalla grande mole del materiale accumulato negli anni, per questa prima puntata lo stesso Saxophone Colossus ha pazientemente selezionato 7 lunghi brani (quasi 72 minuti di musica), registati dal vivo tra il 1980 e lo scorso autunno, in occasione del celebratissimo concerto alla Carnegie Hall.
 
Orrin Keepnews parla della serie RKC
11.09.2008

Orrin Keepnews parla della serie RKC

Orrin Keepnews, fondatore della celebre etichetta Riverside, ricorda le fasi di realizzazione di alcuni fra i titoli più interessanti della serie RKC (Remastered Keepnews Collection), curata dallo stesso Keepnews, con tracce rimasterizzate, note di copertina originali e nuovi testi firmati dal grande produttore. Questa volta suggeriamo di visionare la "puntata" dedicata alla seduta in cui nacque Freedom Suite di Sonny Rollins, un (per allora) anomalo CD in trio con Oscar Pettiford e Max Roach. Album epocale, che allora fece sensazione anche a causa di una forte dichiarazione di Rollins, che nelle nelle note di copertina amaramente metteva a confronto il grande apporto culturale dato agli Stati Uniti dalla popolazione afroamericana con lo stato emarginazione e di segregazione ancora da lei subìto: "America is deeply rooted in the Negro culture: its humor, its music. How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted and repressed, that the Negro, who has exemplified the humanities in his very existence, is being rewarded with inhumanity." - Sonny Rollins Cinquant'anni fa non era certo comune che si parlasse così apertamente: fu un atto di grande dignità e coraggio da parte di un grande artista. L'album, in cui giganteggia la suite eponima, un capolavoro come pochi altri nella storia del jazz, è oggi disponibile nella serie RKC in versione rimasterizzata e con una versione INEDITA di "Till There Was You".
 
SONNY ROLLINS IN VIENNE: un grande DVD!
03.06.2008

SONNY ROLLINS IN VIENNE: un grande DVD!

Il Saxophone Colossus affronta il repertorio dello splendido "Sonny, Please" dal vivo, con lo stesso gruppo del disco: Clifton Anderson, Bobby Broom, Bob Cranshaw, Victor Lewis, Kimati Dinizulu. Dopo anni di attesa, finalmente un grande video (un'ora e un quarto di musica) del vero "Last of the Immortals"!
 
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