Sonny Rollins 1962 live

[@victorwong9622]

Sonny Rollins and his accountant on guitar… Jim Hall’s solo is WONDERFUL!!! Not to mention those tasteful chord voicings all while comping at breakneck speed during the bass solo!!

[@pableholloway8202]

Mr. Rollins is simply the best!!! 💗✨🎈

[@eosdelb]

The man must play all the time. He never gets stumped while improvising. Imagine how many different riffs he did there. That is just loving to play and practicing all the time. I like his style. Always tasteful sounds. Just my little opinion though. No technical arguments please. Thank you very much for posting this. I would never have seen it if you hadn't.

[@giacomomaestrelli2147]

Jim Hall was born old :)

[@rayjr62]

and who is the lone idiot who voted this down? man, some people are real boors.

[@cesarmateus3490]

Very old and Very heavy!

[@PabloVestory]

But his playing will allways be magnifically youthful

[@AlanSenzaki]

😂😂🎸

[@RobJazzful]

...and Cranshaw is on Sonny's most recent album!

[@bobbybroom]

👏🏿👏🏿

[@theHellzaPoppinjazz4u]

too much FX. pure masterpiece. ty so much!

[@carypasseroff3331]

YAZZ!!

[@msudlp]

i was born in 62. 🙂

[@Erschophone]

good for YOU !

[@giammysax6087]

SASSOFONISTA STRATTOSFERICO SONNY !!!!

[@luissaints7082]

boa música "good song" ..

[@marcellomentasimonsennico5670]

Ben Riley was one of the first drummers to play the Bossa Nova Rhythm in the US. As we can see here, this great percussionist was clearly not at ease with the beat at that time, producing a pretty square version of the Samba.

[@bernardsoroko9570]

But showing great endurance right handing all those 16th notes at this tempo.

[@rinahall]

I just listened to a 10h European podcast radio show on Sonny Rollins (yes, 10x 1h, covering 1951-2001 !!!). My opinion of Rollins is that it seems very overrated to me. First of all as a player, he does not seem to me better than Johnny Griffin, Stitt, Roland Kirk, Phil Woods, Lateef ... but enjoys a much more important reputation ... and unjustified in my opinion. Ok he plays well, but not better than the musicians I mentioned. In terms of composition, he did not compose anything, everyone knows that St Thomas is a Caribbean folklore already recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title Fire Down There. His other compositions from the 50s ... well, Oleo, Airegin etc ... this can in no way be compared to the compositions of Trane, Bird, Monk or Shorter ... also, his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years). It seems that he was traumatized by the arrival of Ornette, Trane, Ayler ... In the 60's he tried to be more free than Ayler, more calypso / blues than Ornette, and more mystical than Trane, but he didn't. did not succeed. Then in the 70s / 80s he tried to be funky, disco ... with really ridiculous and cheesy results ... Did he want to be funkier than James Brown himself? Also, in the radio show they say that he was paid current $ 300,000 for himself to record the Nucleus album (so listen to the result !!!!), and that, for his concerts, his financial claims were unrealistic, only the big festivals could afford it. He played with the Stones but didn't want to go on tour with them because, according to Jagger himself, he wanted too much money! I mean, I'm not making anything up here. In my opinion, he should have remained what he was before, a disciple of Bird at the Tenor, and quit at the age of 40 to leave a quality job, and without trying to follow fashion. Thank you for not insulting me because I have documented myself on Rollins and I like to have constructive discussions without being attacked on my person.

[@charlesperforms]

he was one of the first to pioneer thematic solos (like his solo on St Thomas)

[@rinahall]

@@charlesperforms 1) nope. 2) his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years).

[@charlesperforms]

@@rinahall i agree that young sonny was the best!

[@rinahall]

@@charlesperforms have you listened to the soprano (and even tenor) rollins on ''SAIS'' from the ''Horn Culture'' album? I mean, it's a shame. He plays out of tune, out of rhythm, with an absolutely disgusting sound. It is a lack of respect towards himself, the other musicians and the listener. No normally built musician would have agreed to let this recording be released. The problem with Rollins is that EVERYTHING IS LIKE THIS after 1966. Listen to his music since then! A narcissistic self-indulgence encouraged by the fans and the environment that has placed him on a throne since 1956 and his (very average) album ''saxophone colossus''. You have to be arrogant enough to glorify yourself as the ''saxophone colossus'' at 26 years old. Only Rollins plays on this totally unjustified notoriety. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIPWiJutiLKLgKs&ab_channel=Rhythmandlife

[@zrhrrs]

u copying and pasting this comment below every video of sonny?