all i can tell you is that i went to the monterey jazz festival in 1994 and sonny came on last on sunday night around ten oclock and i was falling asleep, but when he came on he started with this calypso song and i was going crazy! after starting the tune and doing the first chorus and all that beginning stuff, he went on the most insane solo i've ever heard in my life, i was screaming, he kept going and going and going, i will never forget that night and that emotion he was blowing...awesome.
miles once said you can tell a good player from the way he holds his instrument-- it should be like a part of his body... the way rollins plays is like natural speech... the sense of expressive joy is, i feel, unique... other players reach for effects, but sonny is like-- speaking, singing, joking, expressing himself joyfully
@siwi6 - in case you were not aware, the changes Mr. Ollystevenson has indicated above are basically "I Got Rhythm" changes [the 1st four bars].
Using the dominant 7th chords [that create the "turnaround" -i.e. E7-A7-D7 - from the circle of fifths] give the improvisor more "freedom" than Gershwin's original chords, which are more 'diatonic' in nature, i.e. they stick closer to the tonic key...
@TheIsraDave - Sonny Rollins is [still] indeed great, but few have really duplicated the Coltrane "sound", especially the way his sound evolved after 1965...although there are obviously many imitators...whose names I will not mention here...
all i can tell you is that i went to the monterey jazz festival in 1994 and sonny came on last on sunday night around ten oclock and i was falling asleep, but when he came on he started with this calypso song and i was going crazy! after starting the tune and doing the first chorus and all that beginning stuff, he went on the most insane solo i've ever heard in my life, i was screaming, he kept going and going and going, i will never forget that night and that emotion he was blowing...awesome.
borregonian 1 week ago
And Old family friend Walter Davis JR. on the keys!
DaisunCohnWilliams 1 month ago
This is a fantastic session, we wait for part 2 of Alfies theme.. There is no greater L- is insane from this consert.
jazzuffe 2 months ago
miles once said you can tell a good player from the way he holds his instrument-- it should be like a part of his body... the way rollins plays is like natural speech... the sense of expressive joy is, i feel, unique... other players reach for effects, but sonny is like-- speaking, singing, joking, expressing himself joyfully
tackyacky 3 months ago 2
very catchy love to have the notes
spurman68 4 months ago
@spurman68
spurman68 3 months ago
Respond to this video... brill loved it
spurman68 3 months ago
He is no:1
jazzuffe 7 months ago
it's like walking on the beach in Jamaica!
fornello123 1 year ago
whats the progression of this song?
siwi6 2 years ago
G, G7/B, C, C#dim, G/D, E7, A7, D7
ollystevenson 2 years ago 9
@ollystevenson key of C
19tgpkirk68 11 months ago
@siwi6 - in case you were not aware, the changes Mr. Ollystevenson has indicated above are basically "I Got Rhythm" changes [the 1st four bars].
Using the dominant 7th chords [that create the "turnaround" -i.e. E7-A7-D7 - from the circle of fifths] give the improvisor more "freedom" than Gershwin's original chords, which are more 'diatonic' in nature, i.e. they stick closer to the tonic key...
csilva85 1 year ago
JAJAJAJA vuelve Cifu, ese jazz entre amigos, pusiste este vídeo vete a saber cuándo... gracias maestro
TheLeton995 2 years ago
The clarity of the low register is phenominal..The guy is Baaaaaaaaadddd ,,Thanks for sharing
Jeleosimi 2 years ago
The sound he gets out of the horn goes beyond Bird or Trane, to my ears.
TheIsraDave 2 years ago 3
sonny changed his sound alot, but yeah i agree his tone is my favorite. rollins, bird, and trane are all the shit though.
ericdolphy7 2 years ago
I like his 60s and early 70s tone best.
TheIsraDave 2 years ago
@TheIsraDave - Sonny Rollins is [still] indeed great, but few have really duplicated the Coltrane "sound", especially the way his sound evolved after 1965...although there are obviously many imitators...whose names I will not mention here...
csilva85 1 year ago
It's Don't Stop the Carnival.
IgnatowskiLives 2 years ago
what is the name of this song?
kooljsl 2 years ago
way cool!
barrtok 2 years ago