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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. You can read all about him and see samples of his work here. While taking…
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Lester Young Changed His Style, Part 2: Zan Stewart's Favorites, Jeff Rupert on Mouthpieces, & Conclusions
Last time (see the Index) we discussed the downsides of knowing only the later recordings of Lester Young, which is often the case today, and we’ll…
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Sonny Rollins For The Holidays: An Amazing Unreleased Recording! (+Bonus)
From previous posts (see Rollins in the Index on the home page) you know that I love Sonny’s playing on the album Sonny Meets Hawk recorded in 1963. But…
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Rollins and Hawkins: An Astounding Unreleased Track! (+BONUS)
(Paying Subscribers, a rare article by the producer of the album, George Avakian, is at the bottom for you.) As you know from a previous essay, I am a…
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Sonny Rollins: A Short Unknown 1957 Audio Interview
We continue now our occasional series of audio interviews from the Claes Dahlgren collection. (Rollins calls him Claus by mistake.) Here is the earliest…
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Sonny Rollins and Paul Bley: An Astounding Interaction, + 2 Bonuses
(Paying Subscribers, your two gifts are at the very bottom.) Some of the music that had the greatest impact on me as a teenager was the piano playing of…
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