Weaver of Dreams Sonny Rollins 1959

Weaver of Dreams - Sonny Rollins 1959

29 year old Sonny Rollins with just bass and drums is playing "Weaver of Dreams" in the Netherlands in the Singer Theatre in the small town of Laren in 1959. A Dutch collector was able to make me some unique video clips.
Apparently the Netherlands appealed to many of the modern American jazz musicians in those days which resulted in a number seldom heard performances.
SonnyRollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He is recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of the post bebop area
He has had a long, productive career in jazz, beginning at the age of 11 and before reaching the age of 20 playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk. As it is now in 2009 Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived several of his jazz contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he has recorded.
In 1957 he pioneered the use of just bass and drums as accompaniment for his saxophone solos, a texture that came to be known as "strolling"; Throughout his career, Rollins used the technique, even backing bass and drum solos with sax licks (and bass for the drummer or drums for the bass player).

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• bebop
• jazz
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• rollins

[apriljazz777]

'Apparently the Netherlands appealed to many of the modern American jazz musicians in those days which resulted in a number seldom heard performances.'

true!

my dad (1932-1984) was one of those dutch jazzlovers.

he started collecting jazz records when he was 16 years old

and left us with a collection of 2000 vinyl treasures.

it's a small country, the netherlands, but jazz has always been- and always will be- very much alive over here!

[kalarr1]

GOOD....,GOOD.....,GOOD !!!!

[beinmyvideo]

This is fantastic!

[helluvagun]

I just love this clip!

[FernandOrtizdeUrbina]

Henry Grimes on bass, Pete LaRoca (I think) on drums.

[rafikcc]

Sonny is the man. Thanks for posting.

[nomadicbush]

Classic music, superb performance! Jazz will live forever!

[hirizeproductions]

nice

[helluvagun]

This is great! To bad that it's only humbly me commenting!