It's odd the rave reviews this video gets when u know how much the jazz snobs turn up their noses to his recorded output during this same era on which he plays identical to this. to tell the truth most jazz snobs only listen to his stuff from the '50s and '60s and put down his work from the last 40 years (which amounts to the bulk of his playing career).
I don't think Sonny is so hop....why didn't he let Sanborn solo? I hate watching an old dude, with an ego and a jagged technique, trip over himself like this. Sanborn should have had time to solo.
I don't think Sonny is so hip....why didn't he let Sanborn solo? I hate watching an overrated old dude with an ego and jagged technique, trip over himself like this. Sanborn should have had time to solo.
This is one of the few performances on Night Music that Sanborn played with the artist and didn't take a solo in the song. This is just an awesome song though. Great harmony and awesome solo... the more I hear it the more I like it!
Rollins is a legend!! I have two spare tickers to see him live at a sold out concert on 20/11/10. For more information go to gumtree and type in sonny rollins tickets
Mukamamy is correct: The Saxophone Colossus is still with us at age 79 as of this post in 2010: still winning DownBeat "Saxophone" and "Musician of the Year" awards, dueling with 'kids' like 57-year-old Joe Lovano for top honors on polls, outliving his peers, and touring like mad around the world. Long live Sonny Rollins and God bless him for his years of great music & inspiration.
Must be a mind-blowing experience to be standing within a few feet of Sonny when that gigantic sound suddenly comes roaring out of his horn. Saxophone Colossus was recorded the year I was born. I am thankful to have lived during Sonny's career.
The JOY on the faces of David Sanborn and is it George Duke?.....wow. They know how good it is. I'm watching this on my iPhone and had to get up off the couch and start moving around....! So Good!!! Thank You Sonny et al
And the phrase "the shit" is older slang, for excellence, the best!
David Sanborn is a very talented musician too. But I asked David what it was like playing this very song with Sonny Rollins. He responded "Scary.... no.... TERRIFYING!" David Sanborn is a huge fan of Sonny Rollins.
Both Sonny and Clifton Anderson (a member of his band) are distant relatives of mine... this song was the first exposure to Sonny that I can recall and I've been hooked ever since... when I met him he and Bob Cranshaw explained the origin of this song to me backstage, I was about 8 yrs. old at the time, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my musical life...
Sonny is a distant relative of mine and when I was a child, this performance was the first time I'd ever really heard his music and it still amazes me to this day! Keep goin' strong Cousin!
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I saw this guy at the Barbican in London about 10 years ago. Waited an hour at the stage door to shake his BIG hands and get my Silver Album signed. He was old then! Can't believe he's still touring and throwing the long solos out.
I saw Ray Charles at the same venue 2-3 weeks later - turns out that was the last chance I would've had to get him. These guys are the founding fathers and while you have the chance, you gotta catch 'em before they're gone.
I saw Sonny Rollins in July this year... He is 78 years old and he played 3 hours and a half... With only 10 minutes of rest. Truly amazing. He still has 20 years old when he holds his saxophone.
I think Sonny will continue to play the sax until he can no longer blow hard enough to make a sound come out of his horn. He won't quit until he has to! He loves it that much.
Hahah Sonny's sound makes Sanborn's alto sound like a kazoo. Don't get me wrong, I love Sanborn's alto sound and I think it's huge when he plays by himself. But when you put him next to one of the guys with the biggest tenor sounds around ... it just doesn't cut it haha. Great music tho.
No they aren't squeaks. Since the song Song is in C (I feel like transcribing this masterpiece) He was playing a C5 concert, which surprisingly, he knew he was gonna hit it! Damn! The highest I can play on Alto is an F#4, which is the lydian 5th of the octave below it! He also starts hitting the F5 AND G5 AT THE END. As expected from Sonny to be so amazing, but I never knew he could do THAT. Not even on his milestone piano-less Night in Tunisia recording!
that's altissimo and it was ment to happen notice the people cheering because it's very creative and it's really hard to reach those notes especilly on a tenor.
i was aware that it was altissimo..it was funny not because of he messed up but because it was good...kinda like the same thing when a trumpet player blasts a screamer note that's really high...you can't help but chuckle a little bit
Mikayla has had the great honor of meeting both Sonny Rollins and David Sanborn. She asked David what it was like playing with Sonny on this song. David said "Scary.... no TERRIFYING!" David is a huge fan of Sonny Rollins too.
I was fortunate to see sonny 3 times. Twice in the 70s and again in 91. His presense in a room walking onstage with horn brings a hush to all in attendence.Man can he blow a room away!
I love this tune. Sonny Rolins has been one of my favorite saxophonists for a long time, even before I took up sax. He moves his sax around a lot more that any other players I have seen videos of!
Sonny Rollins is even more impressive as a human being than he is as a sax player. I will always treasure the time I spent with him, discussing his music and "picking" his mind on the finer points of improvisation. To find someone of his stature to be so kind, warm, friendly, and humble was truly a surprise. God Bless Sonny Rollins.
This is one of the BEST performances of this TV show's history.
Go Sonny !
Thanks for uploading this scmm42 !
stillphil 4 months ago
Thank you for uploading this gem
BriansThing 6 months ago
They've got to be space on Cable for a show like this again
mosquito103 7 months ago
The highest note that sonny ever played was executed at the right place and at the right time! G-E-N-I-U-S. Sonny you teh man!
GamingKid94 7 months ago
I loved where david put the music on the stand and it falls of at the beginning but he doesnt miss a lick
safesax98 9 months ago
3:32 is like ... :O o.O OMFG *why I can't go this high?!* AWESOME!!!
isn't it? :D
This is only amazing...
Sax4565 9 months ago
@Sax4565 sonny's great but for great high notes you should listen to lenny pickett
gjbsaxman94 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Sonny Rollins
il sound mi ricorda molto james senese.
gnosticwest 10 months ago
It's odd the rave reviews this video gets when u know how much the jazz snobs turn up their noses to his recorded output during this same era on which he plays identical to this. to tell the truth most jazz snobs only listen to his stuff from the '50s and '60s and put down his work from the last 40 years (which amounts to the bulk of his playing career).
saxophile1 10 months ago
is sonny rollins part jewish?
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I don't think Sonny is so hop....why didn't he let Sanborn solo? I hate watching an old dude, with an ego and a jagged technique, trip over himself like this. Sanborn should have had time to solo.
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I don't think Sonny is so hip....why didn't he let Sanborn solo? I hate watching an overrated old dude with an ego and jagged technique, trip over himself like this. Sanborn should have had time to solo.
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SolSorrell 10 months ago
saxophone collassus indeed
bears588 11 months ago
omg 3:33
AlexRaykin 11 months ago
classic
Aggeasy 11 months ago
Sonny Rollins is one of the coolest cats in Jazz... Ever !!
Jazzhog 11 months ago
3:33-3:35-absolutely yeahhhh :D
szaxotrainer23 11 months ago
Everytime I watch this I comment lol I just wanna say 300 of those views are from me!
gotmeagrape 1 year ago
The most living man of all!
jazzuffe 1 year ago
***Bleeding Gums Murphy IT'S ALIVE!!!
JOSEGOYES 1 year ago
This world would have been without certain beautiful sounds and colors had Sonny never walked this earth. What a wellspring of joy!!!
plug256 1 year ago
One of the best performances, great.
claudebardot 1 year ago
That's some mofo'n shit right there man
bruceleeC64 1 year ago
This is one of the few performances on Night Music that Sanborn played with the artist and didn't take a solo in the song. This is just an awesome song though. Great harmony and awesome solo... the more I hear it the more I like it!
originalmusicworks 1 year ago
OH MY GOD !
He is from a galaxy far far away and was brought down to earth
to show us all the excitement and possibilities that exist in
Improvisation.
There should be a Sonny Rollins day ! Maybe there will be !
Jack Stafford
long time fan-Vancouver, B.C. C-eh-N-eh-D-eh
southpass 1 year ago
Wow !!!
Jeleosimi 1 year ago
yeaaaah!!
gualix 1 year ago
he's awesome ! how i wish i play the same way as he does
TheDOBERMAX 1 year ago
I wanna feel my music with that kind of intensity lol
gotmeagrape 1 year ago
my god Rollings is perfect
joejoejoeshabadoo 1 year ago
ahahahahaa his music falls off the stand. 0:02
Barisax30 1 year ago
3:34!! ahh thats awesome
seerskater 1 year ago
who's the bass?
gupeace88 1 year ago
March like the Hare. Simpler than that. Thanks for showing me. God bless as far as the eye can see. Thank you, sir. and thanks again...
612franklin 1 year ago
Sonny turns 80 on Sept. 7th, 2010, and he's still an amazing player! Happy 80th Birthday Sonny!
mikaylasax 1 year ago
Sonny is great. 70 + and still great.
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london1188 1 year ago
That was an amazing performance! Man...doesn't get much better than that..
MrEdwardLyons 1 year ago
Sonny is the man !!!
BossTenor 1 year ago
did you see Sanborn drop his music sheet? hee hee
MTWalker12 1 year ago
@MTWalker12 haha yeah, i wonder if he played it by ear for the rest of the song or if he actually memorized the music, great observation
chubbypuppys 1 year ago
Mukamamy is correct: The Saxophone Colossus is still with us at age 79 as of this post in 2010: still winning DownBeat "Saxophone" and "Musician of the Year" awards, dueling with 'kids' like 57-year-old Joe Lovano for top honors on polls, outliving his peers, and touring like mad around the world. Long live Sonny Rollins and God bless him for his years of great music & inspiration.
RaiderEleven 1 year ago
i like how he breathes
gotmeagrape 1 year ago
is sonny rollins in the simpsons as lisa's sax hero
rollituplightitup85 1 year ago
yeah man sonny is rockin converse!!!
thepeople1325 1 year ago
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Why is he wearing those shit ass sesame street shoes! fuk ruins the whole performance.
PanayotiProductions 1 year ago
@PanayotiProductions cause hes the mutherfukin man
seerskater 1 year ago
Must be a mind-blowing experience to be standing within a few feet of Sonny when that gigantic sound suddenly comes roaring out of his horn. Saxophone Colossus was recorded the year I was born. I am thankful to have lived during Sonny's career.
Gminor7 1 year ago
lol sanborn's piece fell off at the beggining
Rugt980 1 year ago
Did Sanborn lose his music at the start?
jazzflutist 1 year ago 3
3:25-3:36
i did not know that was possible
thedking94 2 years ago 2
That's what makes the greatest of all time. He could do stuff like that on his sax which no one could.
bluenotetom 1 year ago
He is so great! The last man standing. He or Mandela? I do not know who I prefer?
jazzuffe 2 years ago
wonderfull great solo
alexistexias 2 years ago
I always like who sonny just kind of swings his saxophone while hes playing as if its trying to get away from him!
fineyoungspecimen 2 years ago
The JOY on the faces of David Sanborn and is it George Duke?.....wow. They know how good it is. I'm watching this on my iPhone and had to get up off the couch and start moving around....! So Good!!! Thank You Sonny et al
And the phrase "the shit" is older slang, for excellence, the best!
No harm no foul. Only Love for Sonny!
TimBalesRealHorns 2 years ago 2
Sonny...
p0ezi 2 years ago
Sonny Rollins is the fucking shit?
ChristianGastl 2 years ago
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Another shithead!
What is this? Another ninny!
newkbean 2 years ago
you do realize that "the"shit" is a slang term meaning awesome, right?
SquidChip314 2 years ago
@SquidChip314 You cunt!
bebop30 1 year ago
Sonny Rollins is the fucking shit
TimBalesRealHorns 2 years ago 4
TimBalesRealHorns
You're comment should be deleted before it got posted!!! Who are you to degrade one of the few giants on tenor still alive!!! Fuck you roundhead!!!
newkbean 2 years ago
Sonny Rollins is the fucking shit
frizzzzzzal 2 years ago
their sounds complement each other very well
stealthswimmer 2 years ago
David Sanborn is a very talented musician too. But I asked David what it was like playing this very song with Sonny Rollins. He responded "Scary.... no.... TERRIFYING!" David Sanborn is a huge fan of Sonny Rollins.
Sonny is absolutely amazing.
mikaylasax 2 years ago
nice little story ^^i can imagine sanborn saying this. nice!
ChristianGastl 2 years ago
Sonny rollins is my saxophone god
Aggeasy 2 years ago
who's the drummer?
Jhd0358 2 years ago
Omar Hakim, one of the slickest drummers around.
guyfidelity 2 years ago
rollins has some nice converse :D
fishyboyx1st 2 years ago 3
Both Sonny and Clifton Anderson (a member of his band) are distant relatives of mine... this song was the first exposure to Sonny that I can recall and I've been hooked ever since... when I met him he and Bob Cranshaw explained the origin of this song to me backstage, I was about 8 yrs. old at the time, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my musical life...
xfactor213 2 years ago 2
fantastic !
warm sound !
Monsieurmul 2 years ago
Sonny junto a David un lujo!!!!!!!!!!!!, el mejor saxo tenor junto a coltrane de todos los tiempos
martinsarapura 2 years ago
Sonny is a distant relative of mine and when I was a child, this performance was the first time I'd ever really heard his music and it still amazes me to this day! Keep goin' strong Cousin!
xfactor213 2 years ago 7
amazing performance
musicalmadness77 2 years ago 4
Fantastic! Awesome upload.
For more splendid jazz, please feel free to check out my blog as well (link in profile).
Thanks & All best,
Bruno "Brew" Leicht
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago 13
George Duke is a mofo
pretorious700 3 years ago
I would be terribly insulted if only I knew what a mofo was.
BuckshotLaFunke 2 years ago
You're hearing a whole lotta due's been payed to play like that. The doctor is the house in!
And has there ever been a tighter,funkier back up band?
Respect to Will Lee and that David Letterman band but.....
startripping 3 years ago
Surgical with that horn
mrkandyman1911 3 years ago
I'd love to see him perform this in concert!
Streamline09 3 years ago
great artist true that.
sybergurl6 3 years ago 2
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melmfriendly 3 years ago
What a class act! Great master of the tenor, living legend! Thanks for this first rate historical video!
bigsaxman 3 years ago 2
check out his chucks..hehe
wikkedchik90 3 years ago
amazing!
DSOTM73 3 years ago
Look at Rollins shoes, he'll stomp them in yo azz if u dont like his sax flow
PanayotiProductions 3 years ago
I saw this guy at the Barbican in London about 10 years ago. Waited an hour at the stage door to shake his BIG hands and get my Silver Album signed. He was old then! Can't believe he's still touring and throwing the long solos out.
I saw Ray Charles at the same venue 2-3 weeks later - turns out that was the last chance I would've had to get him. These guys are the founding fathers and while you have the chance, you gotta catch 'em before they're gone.
kamagloire 3 years ago 5
I saw Sonny Rollins in July this year... He is 78 years old and he played 3 hours and a half... With only 10 minutes of rest. Truly amazing. He still has 20 years old when he holds his saxophone.
Aiina 3 years ago 3
I think Sonny will continue to play the sax until he can no longer blow hard enough to make a sound come out of his horn. He won't quit until he has to! He loves it that much.
I hope he lives to be 100!
mikaylasax 3 years ago 30
@mikaylasax Hey now. You forgot a 0 after the 100. He should live to a thousand.
TheB4t5 9 months ago
@TheB4t5 Works for me !
mikaylasax 9 months ago
Not from this world. The late Sonny is simply...wow!
Mukumamy 3 years ago
>> The late Sonny is simply...wow!
I agree he's "wow" but he isn't late. In fact he still tours.
scmm42 3 years ago 21
He's still alive
deinbo 3 years ago 2
Sonny is truly amazing! He's one of the last remaining jazz legends, and still a great player.
mikaylasax 1 year ago
@Mukumamy See him as his 80th is celebrated at The Beacon Theater on Sept. 10. He's still kickin'...and takin' names--with tons of love!
Streamline09 1 year ago
Respect to the Colossus!
menilmontant 3 years ago 6
his solo is mix of so many great styles
j0hn15246 3 years ago
No one sounds or looks like Sonny--they they've all tried! The iconic legend.
LodoGrdzak 3 years ago
holy...cow...
rjseorlwkd 3 years ago
Total bad ass performance!
Movemusic1 3 years ago
YEA DUKE!!
yamahahahahahahahaha 3 years ago
sonny at newport yesterday was insane
anyone else catch it?
saxxytenor01 3 years ago
i do not know anyone who can listen or watch sonny rollings play without flipping out, everything is just there...
Wow-----------------
KOKOYAMS 3 years ago
Hahah Sonny's sound makes Sanborn's alto sound like a kazoo. Don't get me wrong, I love Sanborn's alto sound and I think it's huge when he plays by himself. But when you put him next to one of the guys with the biggest tenor sounds around ... it just doesn't cut it haha. Great music tho.
Saxman11290 3 years ago
Supreme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dmii74 3 years ago 2
IMO, there's no one on my charts that'll top the Colossus, Sonny is a living legend...
PapaBehr89 3 years ago
Super video! He's a master and legend, isn't he?
Great!
bigsaxman 3 years ago
sonny rollins is a great entertainer. check out my channel for some sax playin and tell me what u think
GetzColtraneRollins 3 years ago
This makes me realize i may feel shitty that i play the keyboards. I want that kind of range of tone. I'm tired of just being loud and soft
eggory 3 years ago
Amazing. Are those squeaks at 1:49?
dabaxter7 3 years ago
If they're squeaks, I wish I could squeak like that! Go Sonny!
mikaylasax 3 years ago
No they aren't squeaks. Since the song Song is in C (I feel like transcribing this masterpiece) He was playing a C5 concert, which surprisingly, he knew he was gonna hit it! Damn! The highest I can play on Alto is an F#4, which is the lydian 5th of the octave below it! He also starts hitting the F5 AND G5 AT THE END. As expected from Sonny to be so amazing, but I never knew he could do THAT. Not even on his milestone piano-less Night in Tunisia recording!
MagicRain505 3 years ago
they're multiphonics. even for top shelf players, they can occur when notes don't fully come out
oober349 2 years ago
Man theres george duke!!!
Selmer2006 3 years ago 2
アドリブの天才。
BillEvansOpener 3 years ago
"Genius of Ad-Lib".
I agree.
halsbrad 3 years ago
is it hot in here or is it just sonny?
My role model
ApatheticVegnagun 3 years ago 5
Go Sonny! What an amazing man!
brianasax 3 years ago 3
he is aswome music player!!!!
PHONZE45 3 years ago 2
This is such an extraordinary performance. I just love it!
mikaylasax 3 years ago 4
my favorite saxophonist
diegoaless 3 years ago 5
to get a response like that from the audience after playing a crazy altissimo note is just priceless
love this tune
saxxytenor01 3 years ago
savage
saxandmusic 3 years ago
truly amazing even after all these years awesome a jazz legend
godofcreek720 3 years ago 2
what a lot of bs to say that the band is not good. There are burning. Great video.
fredefup 3 years ago 3
the musicians are rockers or what the drum player HITTT the drum like animal without chain
jesemus33 3 years ago
Superb.Man,that just blew me away!....I saw that show back then too....
olivierbarjot 3 years ago 2
Man check out Tenor MAdness! That blos you away!
Pekkiini 3 years ago
bad musicians? yeah i wouldn't wanna play with george duke and david sanborn either....
kimo1371 3 years ago
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the band is not great, they interrupt his flow all the time. its frustrating to see him playing with such bad musicians. Still great though.
powie1991 3 years ago
jajajjajaja AMAZING MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
federicobarabino 3 years ago
Sonny always amuses me, his sax spread the joy of living
Stefanobrosca 3 years ago
haha a little bit of tenor madness there
love this tune
saxxytenor01 3 years ago
I used to watch this show and think, this is too good for TV. I was right, didn't last very long.
Cruentus1 3 years ago 5
On that same show, Sonny does another track..the finale of which is a long sax solo (no accompaniment) which will haunt me forever.
Please, anyone, upload and make me a truly happy man.
thanks
Halfadrop 4 years ago 4
he killin dat sax
Jazzyfae06 4 years ago
Your the man Sonny. wohooo
chtt23 4 years ago 4
Just beautiful. Thank you.
reesho 4 years ago 2
Sonny Rollins "gran reserva"...que agudos!!
acuareladedios 4 years ago
Ey what do you feel sorry about? it's hot, and a privilege to comp for sonny right!?
edim7 4 years ago
George Duke on piano, right ? but who is on bass ?
cmaj13 4 years ago
That's Tom Barney. He took over for Marcus.
fretbuzz59 4 years ago
I feel sorry for the piano player having to follow that!
jshrills 4 years ago
is this HALO?
nyshoefly 4 years ago
ROFL 3:35
RoronoaZoro008 4 years ago
that's altissimo and it was ment to happen notice the people cheering because it's very creative and it's really hard to reach those notes especilly on a tenor.
deinbo 4 years ago
honestly, altissimo is not that hard on tenor...only the notes G, and G# are hard for me, everything else is fine...
stephenfasteau 4 years ago
i was aware that it was altissimo..it was funny not because of he messed up but because it was good...kinda like the same thing when a trumpet player blasts a screamer note that's really high...you can't help but chuckle a little bit
RoronoaZoro008 4 years ago
oh kk i understand.
deinbo 4 years ago
but that was ridiculous, cause he went beyond altissimo, hes going super there... that man is truly what his legend suggests
bowlingwaldo 3 years ago
Sonny is an amazing musician and an amazing man. My hero!
mikaylasax 3 years ago 2
AMAZING ALTISSIMO
deinbo 4 years ago
dude.........sonny is the true god of sax.........then coltrane is the son.........and now garzone is the prophet
jobjobjobjobjob 4 years ago
hahaha coool. i studied with garzone
nyshoefly 4 years ago
Mikayla has had the great honor of meeting both Sonny Rollins and David Sanborn. She asked David what it was like playing with Sonny on this song. David said "Scary.... no TERRIFYING!" David is a huge fan of Sonny Rollins too.
mikaylasax 4 years ago
fantastico sonny gracias
antonav 4 years ago
thank you! i just downloaded it
vaineminaru 4 years ago
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG!! AAAAH
vaineminaru 4 years ago
The name of the song is "Kim." (Not to be confused with another recording by the same name, performed by Charlie Parker.)
Streamline09 4 years ago
This is very cheesy but so fuckin cool! I never listen to this kinda stuff but i really enjoyed this.
SeanLittle88 4 years ago
sonny is well and truly the man!
and george duke's time feels so good.
mrgone78 4 years ago
what is tha name of this song???
chronic999 4 years ago
what song is this?
vaineminaru 4 years ago
Wow! Thanks for posting this video. It puts a smile on my face. Very very cool.
RSop63 4 years ago
damnit! i was born 20 years too late!!!
jtrouveroy 4 years ago
perfect altissimo!
Tenorandsopranosax 4 years ago
I was fortunate to see sonny 3 times. Twice in the 70s and again in 91. His presense in a room walking onstage with horn brings a hush to all in attendence.Man can he blow a room away!
cobra12657 4 years ago
you can still see sonny play and he's still amazing!
PeginSeki 4 years ago 2
The way he makes his tennor scream! wow, thats got to be higer than a soprano sax, going on to sopranino, great stuff!
Anything that George Duke is in i like!
Tasheezi 4 years ago
Thats altissimo for a sopranino, and for a sopranisimo. (Not a real instrument, but if it were, it wouldn't be able to go that high.)
saxahorn 4 years ago
sopranissimo? that is a real instrument, its also known as Soprillo...
bowlingwaldo 3 years ago
whats the name of the song
romanisgod 4 years ago
I love this tune. Sonny Rolins has been one of my favorite saxophonists for a long time, even before I took up sax. He moves his sax around a lot more that any other players I have seen videos of!
Raccoon1400 4 years ago
Sonny Rollins is even more impressive as a human being than he is as a sax player. I will always treasure the time I spent with him, discussing his music and "picking" his mind on the finer points of improvisation. To find someone of his stature to be so kind, warm, friendly, and humble was truly a surprise. God Bless Sonny Rollins.
mikaylasax 4 years ago
you got to talk to him? cool
JazzySaxE 4 years ago
I´ll never forget when I saw this the first time.
It was reat to see it again.
Rollins, the greatest saxplayer of all times.
saxochphone 4 years ago
Sonny is a genuis. I love his fire, intelligence and tone.
TChalla90210 4 years ago