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Sonny-Rollins

Jazz Survey: Chordless Drills – A Listener’s Guide to the Saxophone Trio

Here is a personal selection of recordings in the saxophone trio format. These linear collaborations have been part of the jazz scene for at least seventy years now. The results are almost always illuminating and exhilarating, and a review of them offers a miniature history of saxophone styles.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz Tagged: Air, Albert Ayler, Bob Moses, Bradford Marsalis, Dave Liebman, David Murray, Elvin Jones, Fly, Henry Grimes, Henry Threadgill, JD Allen, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, John-Coltrane, Jon Irabagon, Kenny Garrett, Lee Konitz, Marcus Strickland, Mark Turner, Melissa Aldana, Ornette Coleman, Sam Rivers, Saxophone trio, Sonny-Rollins, Steve Adams, Steve Elman, Steve Lacy, The Fringe

Book Review: “Sonny Rollins — Meditating on a Riff”

The author of this Sonny Rollins bio promises us “A Journey into his World of Spirituality” — and that sets high expectations.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Hugh Wyatt, Kamama Books, Sonny Rollins: Meditating on a Riff, Sonny-Rollins, Steve Provizer

The Fuse in London: Jazz Festival Diary 6 — Sonny Rollins

Like a guru, Sonny Rollins offered words to live by at the conclusion of the show, words that are his own guidelines as much as they were advice to his fans: “Keep yourself straight and never mind the rest of the world.” By Steve Elman Imagine a great, blank canvas. Now begin to populate the […]

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Jazz, Music Tagged: Jazz, London, London Jazz Festival, Sonny-Rollins, Steve Elman

Music Interview: Blumenthal on the Making of a Saxophone Colossus, Part Two

By Steve Elman My  conversation with jazz critic Bob Blumenthal circled around two poles. Part one focused on the music of Sonny Rollins. Part two concentrates on the making of the new book, Saxophone Colossus: a Portrait of Sonny Rollins. Text by Bob Blumenthal. Photography by John Abbott. Abrams, 160 pages, $35. Aside from the Saxophone […]

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Abrams, Bob Blumenthal, Jazz, Saxophone Colossus, Sonny-Rollins, Steve Elman

Music Review: Becoming Coltrane: Part One

By J. R. Carroll This review/commentary will focus on Coltrane’s recordings with the Miles Davis Quintet for Columbia (in October 1955 and June and September 1956) and Prestige (in November 1955 and May and October 1956), as well as a variety of sideman dates and nominally leaderless sessions, many of which have recently been reissued […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Jazz Tagged: bebop, blowing-session, Blue-Note, Charlie-Parker, Columbia, Concord-Music-Group, discography, Elmo-Hope, Henry-Martin, Interplay, J-R-Carroll, Jazz, John-Coltrane, Johnny-Griffin, Lewis-Porter, Mal-Waldron, Miles-Davis, Mosaic-Records, Music, Paul-Chambers, Pepper-Adams, Prestige, Riverside, Sonny-Rollins, Tadd-Dameron, Thelonious Monk

Music Commentary: Talent Beyond Time — Music Veterans Quietly Have a Landmark Year

Of course this Social Security Six is a fluke, not a trend. And at first, the albums seem to have nothing in common beyond persistence and determination by the leaders. And not even that.

By: Milo Miles Filed Under: Music, Popular Music, World Music Tagged: Andrew Hill, Bob-Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Scratch Perry, Milo Miles, Ornette Coleman, Social Security Six, Sonny-Rollins

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