Saxophone Colossus - A Portrait of Sonny Rollins

http://tinyurl.com/sonnybook to purchase the book "Saxophone Colossus - A Portrait of Sonny Rollins" by John Abbott and Bob Blumenthal.

Jazz legend Sonny Rollins will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall, and Saxophone Colossus will be published to mark this occasion and honor his incredibly prolific career. This intimate appreciation combines the images of John Abbott, who as Rollins's photographer of choice for the past 20 years has captured the saxophonist at home and at work, and the essays of Bob Blumenthal, a jazz critic who has chronicled Rollins and his art for nearly four decades.

Sonny Rollins has been at the center of jazz and its evolution virtually from his birth. Growing up in Harlem in the heyday of swing and coming of age as the first wave of modernists announced their discoveries, he quickly found himself sharing bandstands with his idols and making music of his own that continues to influence and inspire. Saxophone Colossus, named for the 1956 masterpiece of the same title, is Abbott and Blumenthal's tribute to Rollins's music and spirit.

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[DenBenjamin]

Nice video Bret! Really enjoyed it! Would love to buy the book, but I live in Europe so...got to sort that out. Anyway I just love Sonny Rollins, even have the album cover of Saxophone Colossus hanging in my room! :D

[jpapare]

Your posts are an education. I love jazz. I have been listening to it, mostly on the radio, for years. In New York, I used to listen to Symphony Sid and in Miami, to China Valles. For those who know China, I can tell you he is just as cool as ever and thriving. I see him at some family parties once in a while. (Not my family, but my friend's). Anyway, I know what these greats sound like, but now with your videos, I also know what they look like. Seen some live, but not enough.

[YeahChonas]

Wonderful clip, as usual!

[TehNoobTrumpet]

YEAH!