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Sonny Rollins
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Early Life Born September 7, 1930 in NYC Played tenor sax in high school and rehearsed
with jazz legends
Recorded with Babs Gonzales, Bud Powell, and
J.J. Johnson at 18
Sonny and Miles Davis
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Playing style and the 1950s
Studied in Chicago with percussionist Ike Day toimprove his rhythmic conception of saxophone
Composed three famous pieces while recording
with Davis in 1954Oleo, Doxy, Airegin
Thematic approach to soloing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcPxCQhJ2n4 Doxy (1954)Miles Davis Quintet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3WfRlyUKv8Y#t=58s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjI8ruaL4D0
Blue Train (1957)- John Coltrane,
Sonny's contemporary
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Gaining momentum
Joined Max Roach in the Clifford Brown Quintet in 1955 Recorded Valse Hot
Saxophone Colossus (1956)
St. Thomas
Calypso beat
Pianoless Trio
Way Out West (1957)
A Night at the Village Vanguard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA2XIWZxMKM St. Thomas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZazZYmjOOF0 Weaver of Dreams
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Sabbaticals
19591961Practiced by himself on theWilliamsburg Bridge
Introspective on his playing
1962Released The Bridge
Quartet
Worked with Latin music, avant-garde,
and classic American standards
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1970s and Onward
1972Back to performing
Became interested in Funk and R&B
Use of electric instruments - Jazz Fusion
Performed as a solo artist with no accompaniment
1985Solo Album
Height of his creative personality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXh7xc2bckM East Broadway Rundown
I like to think there is a direct link between early
jazz and jazz of any time
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Bibliography
Tirro, Frank, Jazz, a History,(W.W. Norton and Company, NewYork, 1993)
Carr, Ian, Fairweather, Digby, Priestley, Brian, The Rough
Guide to Jazz, (Penguin Books, London, 2004)
Gioia, Ted. The History of Jazz. New York: Oxford UP,
1998. Print.
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