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In early 1950, Rollins was arrested for armed robbery and spent ten months in Rikers Island jail ... The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, Hachette Books, 2022 ...
Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Perhaps Rollins's best-known album, it is often considered his breakthrough record. [4] It was recorded monophonically on June 22, 1956, with producer Bob Weinstock and engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the latter's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Sonny Boy: Prestige 1957 Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1: Blue Note: 1957 Way Out West: Contemporary: 1957 Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2: Blue Note 1957 The Sound of Sonny: Riverside: 1957 Newk's Time: Blue Note 1957 Sonny Rollins Plays (split album with Thad Jones) Period 1958 Freedom Suite: Riverside 1958 Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass: MetroJazz: 1958
Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Rollins and Coltrane then influenced Gordon's playing as he explored hard bop and modal playing during the 1960s. Gordon had a genial and humorous stage presence. He was an advocate of playing to communicate with the audience, [1] which was his musical approach as well ...
Reservoir Media has acquired both the publishing and recorded rights of renowned saxophonist Sonny Rollins. “Reservoir is honored to sign this deal with the iconic Sonny Rollins and to be ...
The Sound of Sonny is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first recorded for the Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Sonny Clark, Roy Haynes and Percy Heath or Paul Chambers.
As her marriage to Sonny Bono collapsed, Cher hit one of her lowest points.
Booker Little Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Booker, a Pullman porter who was a trombonist, and his wife Ophelia Little, who was a church organist. He also was the brother of Helena, Vivian, and Vera Little (Vera later sung with the London Opera Company). [3]