Comments on: Sonny Rollins on Art

By: Mac

Mac — Wed, 20 May 2020 15:46:20 +0000

Thank you Al, for sharing this excellent and thought provoking piece. I shared this with my teenage son who is in the high school select jazz band (and has played a few Sonny Rollins compositions). He was inspired by it. It’s sad that he and I will likely not see Sonny perform before he leaves our midst.

By: James

James — Wed, 20 May 2020 10:13:38 +0000

This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing it.

By: gw

gw — Tue, 19 May 2020 16:02:27 +0000

Saw him at Keystone Korner in ‘71. Great.

By: Julie Lomoe

Julie Lomoe — Tue, 19 May 2020 03:31:43 +0000

Beautiful thoughts from a great master. I heard Sonny Rollins many times, beginning when he was playing with Max Roach’s group after the death of Clifford Brown. Decades later, I heard him at Opus 40, an enormous site built from a bluestone quarry near Saugerties, NY. It’s a tricky site, and he fell off a ledge and landed on his back on the bluestone many feet below. Miraculously, he got up and kept on playing. He’s just about the last of his generation still alive. I have many of his original LPs. I’m new here but I’ll be posting about them soon.

By: d_notes

d_notes — Tue, 19 May 2020 00:08:43 +0000

Thanks for sharing Al. Great to hear from Sonny again. (Let me know if you ever need any “non-public domain” photos to support a JC post… I’ve got you covered !)

By: PD

PD — Mon, 18 May 2020 21:02:14 +0000

Such humility. Thanks for posting this.