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Saxophone Colossus : the life and music of Sonny Rollins

Levy, Aidan 1986- (author.).

Summary: "Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the "Saxophone Colossus," he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz improvisers of all time, winning Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts. A bridge from bebop to the avant-garde, he is a lasting link to the golden age of jazz, pictured in the iconic "Great Day in Harlem" portrait. His seven-decade career has been well documented, but the backstage life of the man once called "the only jazz recluse" has gone largely untold--until now."--

Item details

ISBN: 9780306902796
ISBN: 0306902796
Physical Description: print
xii, 772 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Includes index.

References notes for this book can be found online at the following location: https://hach.co/saxcolossus "--Page [727].

Formatted Contents Note:

St. Eustatius (1864-1930) -- Harlem (1930-1938) -- The Hill (1938-1944) -- The street (1944-1946) -- Annapolis (1946) -- The monastery of San Juan Hill (1946-1947) -- Goof Square (1947-1948) -- Professor Bop (1948-1949) -- Chicago via Montreal (1950) -- Birdland (1951) -- Carvin' the rock (1952) -- Collectors' items (1953-1954) -- Hackensack (1954) -- The beehive (1954-1955) -- Brown-Roach Incorporated (1955-1956) -- Saxophone colossus (1956) -- I remember Clifford (1956) -- Way out West (1957) -- A night at the Village Vanguard (1957) -- The Freedom Suite (1958) -- The road (1958) -- Finding the bridge (1959-1960) -- The bridge (1960-1961) -- After the bridge (1961-1962) -- Sonny meets Hawk (1963) -- Now's the time (1964) -- Ronnie Scott's (1965) -- 89 East Broadway (1966) -- Who is Sonny Rollins? (1967) -- Sandeepany Sadhanalaya (1968) -- Musart (1969-1970) -- Satchmo love-mo (1971) -- Next album (1972-1973) -- The cutting edge (1974-1975) -- The way I feel (1976-1977) -- Don't stop the carnival (1978-1979) -- The Stones (1980) -- Passing the torch (1981-1983) -- Who by fire (1984-1989) -- Here's to the people (1990-1996) -- Old flames (1997-2012) -- The big picture and the little picture (2012-)