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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
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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Sonny Rollins and Paul Bley: An Astounding Interaction, + 2 Bonuses
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