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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 1d

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday Clifford Brown! Here he is with Sonny Rollins in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet playing Cole Porter's "What Is this Thing Called Love" in 1956. "We used to call him an angel, because he was so gifted, so perfect a person." —S.R. (2016) youtu.be/JTWRZkoLGx8?...

What Is This Thing Called Love

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 5d

Another great drummer lost to us – for a while anyway. Goodbye, Jack DeJohnette. –S.R.

Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Birthday John Birks Gillespie! Here's Dizzy on Avery Parrish's "After Hours," with Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant, and Charlie Persip, recorded for the 1958 Verve LP Sonny Side Up: youtu.be/NRRowle7A3o?...

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 16d

Happy Birthday Roy Hargrove! Here's the trumpeter with Sonny Rollins, Mark Soskin, Bob Cranshaw, and Al Foster on Sonny's composition "Young Roy," from the 1991 Milestone album Here's to the People: youtu.be/_kxa4-Hsfwk?...

Sonny Rollins - Young Roy (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 22d

Happy Birthday Thelonious Monk! “Monk was an enigmatic guy, but he was one of the best people I’ve known, completely honest, and he took a liking to me and took me under his wing, and years later I was able to see that he influenced me in many things.” –S.R. (2007)

A photo of Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk, photographer unknown.

Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 30

Happy Birthday Oscar Pettiford! Here's the bassist with Sonny Rollins and Max Roach on Noël Coward's "Someday I'll Find You," from the 1958 Riverside LP The Freedom Suite: youtu.be/0IGAe0mXKgs?...

Someday I'll Find You

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 24

Happy Birthday Fats Navarro! Here's the trumpeter with Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter, and Roy Haynes, on Thelonious Monk's 52nd St. Theme, recorded for Blue Note Records in 1949: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OCD...

52nd Street Theme (Remastered 1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 14

95.5/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Thank you for joining us for this Sonny Rollins celebration! As a closing bonus, enjoy this interview, "Jazz and Life": "Jazz is a force of nature, it's a feeling, it's a sense of communing with higher things... that's what it is for me." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFCE...

Jazz and Life - Sonny Rollins

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 14

95/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's composition "Pantjali," recorded July 25, 2012 at Palais Longchamp, Marseille, France: youtu.be/MWwtH043bnw?...

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 14

94/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Tenor Madness" Sonny Rollins live at Jazz à Vienne, 2011: youtu.be/lxzuvS29lR8?...

Sonny Rollins - Jazz à Vienne 2011 - LIVE HD

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 14

93/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 In 2011, Sonny was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Pres. Barack Obama. "I'm very happy that jazz, the greatest American music, is being recognized... and I'm grateful to accept this award on behalf of the gods of our music." –S.R. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT3G...

Jazz Legend "Sonny" Rollins Honored By President Obama

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 14

92/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Sonnymoon for Two" In September 2010, Ornette Coleman and Sonny Rollins share the stage for the very first time at Sonny's 80th birthday celebration at the Beacon Theatre in NYC: youtu.be/WhXlwdkcLc4?...

Sonny Rollins & Ornette Coleman - Sonnymoon For Two (Live 2010)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

91/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 In September 2007, Sonny was joined by Roy Haynes and Christian McBride at Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his debut there. Here's "Some Enchanted Evening": youtu.be/oeRqpjoGfJs?...

✨Sonny Rollins- Some Enchanted Evening🎷

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

90/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's blues "H.S." (dedicated to Horace Silver), recorded live in Toulouse, France, 2006 and released on Road Shows, Vol. 4: Holding the Stage: youtu.be/Tq0sy-k3kDg?...

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

89/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's original "Park Place Parade," named for the ballroom where he went to calypso dances with his mother, from the 2006 Doxy album Sonny Please: youtu.be/C9Frnlfcst8?...

Sonny Rollins - Sonny, Please (2006) [FULL ALBUM]

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

88/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 The title track from Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert, recorded in Boston Sept. 15, 2001. "Maybe music can help. I don't know. But we have to try something these days, right?" –S.R. youtu.be/OCAZA9WKiQM?...

Sonny Rollins - Without A Song (Live In Boston / 2001) (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

87/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny starts off the 21st century with Loesser & Newman's "The Moon of Manakoora," from the 2000 Grammy-winning Milestone CD "This is What I Do": youtu.be/f5rikM3GFDk?...

Sonny Rollins - The Moon Of Manakoora (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

86/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Echo-Side Blue," from the 1998 album Global Warming. "We're destroying the planet... we are sawing the limb we're sitting on." –S.R. youtu.be/DwyQzRAJ0Ac?...

Sonny Rollins - Echo Side Blue (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

85/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Rodgers & Hart's "Falling in Love with Love," from a 1997 live performance in Tokyo: youtu.be/Ewg90DKNt0M?...

Sonny Rollins live in Japan Falling in love with love

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

84/95 Welcome to the final day of #sonnyrollins95for95! Here's Sonny's "Biji," with Tommy Flanagan, Bob Cranshaw, and Al Foster, from the 1995 Milestone album Sonny Rollins +3: youtu.be/0EJnVrjFdFQ?...

Sonny Rollins - Biji (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

83/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's "Times Slimes," from the 1993 Milestone album Old Flames. For the story behind the title, see Saxophone Colossus, p. 674: youtu.be/M1rjaaYVOs8?...

Sonny Rollins - Times Slimes (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

82/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny plays his composition "Young Roy," written for and featuring then 21-year-old trumpeter Roy Hargrove, with pianist Mark Soskin, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Al Foster. Recorded for the 1991 Milestone album "Here's to the People": youtu.be/_kxa4-Hsfwk?...

Sonny Rollins - Young Roy (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

81/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Kern & Hammerstein's "Why Was I Born?" from the 1991 Milestone album Here's to the People: youtu.be/0UMnEw4ubLM?...

Sonny Rollins - Why Was I Born? (Official Audio)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · Sep 13

80/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "For All We Know" (Coots/Lewis), featuring guest tenorist Branford Marsalis, from the 1989 Milestone album Falling in Love with Jazz: youtu.be/9eP1x8saIaU?...

Sonny Rollins - For All We Know (Official Audio)

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