https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/ For those who love jazz Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:27:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/comment-page-1/#comment-470261 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:27:14 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9978#comment-470261 Restating what the 2011 Kennedy Center tribute should have said — that Rollins fused late bebop with the earlier masters without a safety net — still reads as the right measure of his place. The mid-1940s Parker/Gillespie/Monk frame makes clear how early he stepped into that conversation as a teenager.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/comment-page-1/#comment-470075 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:40:08 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9978#comment-470075 The story about bluffing your way into the MoMA show as Bob Porter made me laugh out loud. Eight people at the Half Note watching Sonny play for that table from Sugar Hill sounds like a night you never forget.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/comment-page-1/#comment-469204 Wed, 27 May 2026 16:00:23 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9978#comment-469204 Great memories

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/comment-page-1/#comment-469195 Wed, 27 May 2026 02:28:04 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9978#comment-469195 Thank you for this post.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/comment-page-1/#comment-469194 Wed, 27 May 2026 02:21:06 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9978#comment-469194 Love the personal stories, Al. Thanks!

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/sonny-rollins/comment-page-1/#comment-469189 Tue, 26 May 2026 19:49:26 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9978#comment-469189 One of the giants.

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