Sonny Rollins Bridge

[@michaelgargano1860]

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[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@Braglemaster123]

Great 👍

[@MrGuto]

Wouldn't it be great if someone found a picture of him playing on the bridge from 1959? I can't imagine no one ever took a picture of it, when he was there every day for almost 2 years.

[@williamryan5158]

Hi, I love this video! What is the name of that first Sonny Rollins tune all the saxophonists played?

[@theofficialericwyattquarte366]

The First song was Freedom Jazz Suite , I played a tune titled Silver City by myself an at the end Me an Jovan Alexander played Best Wishes together.

[@jacobsinclair1]

Did Sonny play in the winter?

[@johnjenkinsmusic1]

according to an interview I saw of him, he played year-round.

[@theofficialericwyattquarte366]

YES HE DID !!

[@theofficialericwyattquarte366]

FREEDLM JAZZ SUITE

[@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.

[@wesleywalker1594]

Not attacking you but as you state, yours is but a personal opinion. You make sweeping generalizations about the quality of Rollin's work with out the benefit of any support for your assertions. You state "First of all,, as a player he does not seem to be better than Johnny Griffin, Stitt..." The question I would pose to you is, what makes the players you mentioned better than Rollins? musical creativity? facility with their horn? intonation? In short , what is your opinion based on? That he didn't compose much during his lifetime is a strange criticism. There are several great musicians that weren't prolific composers. Many of Bird's compositions were reworking of the changes from Gershwin's "I got rhythm". Does that make him a lesser musician in your eyes? You said his sound was "terribly degraded " after 1966. What does that even mean? Degraded in what way? BTW, Rollins recorded the soundtrack for the film Alfie" around 1966. It was one his best selling albums. In short, I think your opinion would be better served with some sound reasoning and context to your opinions. Otherwise it sounds like nothing more than a rant.