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Sonny Rollins, In Memoriam: The Rarest Print Interview
With the recent passing of Sonny Rollins (1930-2026), we have lost one of the great masters in the history of music.
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A +Bonus For Paying Subscribers: Rollins, Shorter, Brecker, Many Others Discuss Their Idols in Print
For Paying Subscribers, attached to the Coltrane/Sonny Fortune post were a few relevant pages of artists discussing their idols, from a special Downbeat…
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Sonny Rollins: Phone Interview with Ken Dryden re 9/11 and more
Ken Dryden, a Florida native, has been based in the area of Chattanooga, Tennessee since 1982.
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Sonny Rollins & Jim Hall: About Their "Live" Recordings—TEXT ONLY, AUDIO REMOVED but Available at Archive
THE AUDIO IN THIS POST HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN AT THE REQUEST OF MR.
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Sonny Rollins: Audio Interview with Ira Gitler & Music Students, 3 of 3
On April 26, 1994, jazz journalist and historian Ira Gitler interviewed Sonny Rollins before an audience of student and faculty musicians at the…
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Sonny Rollins: Audio Interview with Ira Gitler, 2 of 3, plus an Article for All
On April 26, 1994, jazz journalist and historian Ira Gitler interviewed Sonny Rollins before an audience of student and faculty musicians at the…
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Sonny Rollins: Audio Interview with Ira Gitler About Ike Day & More, 1 of 3
(NOTE: Effective immediately, I will be giving presentations on Zoom exclusively for Founding Members—that is, for everyone who gives $55 or more per…
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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Clark: Unissued Outtakes, 4 of 4 (+Bonus Freedom Suite Notation)
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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Clark: Unissued Outtakes, 3
We continue now listening to the “session reel” (the unedited recordings, in order) from the only studio meeting of Sonny Rollins and pianist Sonny…
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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Clark: Unissued Outtakes, 2 (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, a book of almost 200 pages of Sonny Clark transcriptions is below as a bonus for you.)
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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Clark: Unissued Outtakes, 1 (+Bonus from Freedom Suite)
The first Sonny Rollins recording I ever heard was the single track “Just Friends” with Coleman Hawkins and Paul Bley from 1963, and, as I’ve told you…
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Sonny Rollins: Unknown Silent Footage, and a TV Theme
Burt Goldblatt was a well-known and well-liked photographer and illustrator.
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