whoa whoa, I'm not so sure about that. Sonny was capable of anything!
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 16 January 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
I thought things could get pretty funky (in a *Rolling* way),along with R&B & Caribbean, on some of his 70s-80s albums, esp. Nucleus (incl. Darryl Blackbird McKnight and Chuck Rainey), also Sunny Days, Starry Nights.
― dow, Monday, 16 January 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
*Rollins*, I meant, but Rolling too, always.
― dow, Monday, 16 January 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
He had the calypso thing, but they had very different visions of infinity. Or perhaps...not so different after all?
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 16 January 2023 23:01 (one year ago) link
THE NOTEBOOKS OF SONNY ROLLINS came out today from NY Review Books
at a glance, there's nothing to dispel the idea that he is a mad genius
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 03:38 (two weeks ago) link
Phew, thought we'd lost him there.
― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 06:33 (two weeks ago) link
every time this thread is revived
― Left, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 13:50 (two weeks ago) link
#musingsofmiles #bouncingofbach
― Left, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 13:51 (two weeks ago) link
Just finished Saxophone Colossus and listening to his entire discography. It’s now a challops but the Milestone run is better than its reputation and I quite enjoyed The Solo Album even if that one has not been rehabilitated.
― President of the Canadian Council of Bassoonists (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 13:54 (two weeks ago) link
Saxophone Colossus the book, that is
had to look up which albums are milestone
I think nucleus and global warming are pretty great but I haven't heard most of the others. I heard bad things from jazz nerds which I took too seriously when I was young and insecure about being into jazz so I'm sure there's lots to uncover
I heard the solo album maybe once as a teen and found it boring because it wasn't accessible hard bop or extreme free jazz so I didn't understand the point of it
― Left, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:33 (two weeks ago) link
I'll link to the three long things I wrote about Sonny in the '70s, which I'm sure are upthread somewhere:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:44 (two weeks ago) link
More on the Notebooks of Sonny Rollins
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/books/review/notebooks-of-sonny-rollins.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:23 (two weeks ago) link
I'm not a huge fan tbh, but I'm listening to the 40 minute version of 'Four' and it certainly is something (mostly a monument to the rhythm section, sustaining that level of swing and energy and attention at the same tempo for that long).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KCDJtiY8sg
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 18 April 2024 15:11 (two weeks ago) link
Also kind of amazing that it just keeps speeding up, lol
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 18 April 2024 15:32 (two weeks ago) link
I'm not a huge fan tbh
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:07 (two weeks ago) link