Sonny Rollins in the music tab, all right!!

/more of these, please!

I need to go there. 9 years in the Chicago area, and I've still never been to that place. I suck, thanks for reminding me. My weekend is ruined.

This is a nice change from the daily U2 Coldplay Radiohead greenlights.

There was a nice submission of John Coltrane doing this very song less than a week ago. At least one version of it got greenlit.

Wow! Captivating stuff! One of my favorite jazz standards. Love that tune. This one really swings.

I have maybe a dozen versions or more of different artists playing it. Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Coltrane, and others. And each version, while easily recognizable as that song, is totally unique. No two are alike. You can even have the exact same group play the same song twice in a row & never get the same exact thing. That's one of the many things I love about jazz. Spontinaiety and artistry. It's a beautiful thing.

Thanks for the link, subby. You made me want to hurry up & go home & fire up the turntable!

Sonny Rollins? In MY Fark?

Superb.

I agree. This is a wonderful Saturday afternoon beer sipping departure from all the Oasis-Coldplay crap as is typical here.

Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus" from 1956 with Max Roach on drums is one of my favorite Jazz albums.

There used to be incredible videos of Rollins from '63 with Don Cherry, Henry Grimes and Billy Higgins, but they were taken down a few months ago in one of the copyright raids on youtube. As far as I know, those videos have never been released, but so it goes...

Glad you all liked it! I post at least 10 jazz links a week, but we seem to be in the minority around here.

I'll keep trying...we jazz folks gotta stick together. I'm gonna dig deep tonight to see if I can find some unusual, good stuff.

whoa... cool stuff.

robmilmel: Glad you all liked it! I post at least 10 jazz links a week, but we seem to be in the minority around here.

I'll keep trying...we jazz folks gotta stick together. I'm gonna dig deep tonight to see if I can find some unusual, good stuff.

Me too-- especially before the last youtube purge, but I've never had one go through.

Back to Rollins though, anyone else into the group he had with Paul Bley? "Sonny Meets Hawk" is the only legit album I know of, and I love it. I've heard a couple of great bootlegs, but to me that was the very best Sonny. He had taken his mastery to an insane height (especially in terms of melodic and rhythmic trickery, of which he was an undisputed champion) and, as if it were even possible, gone beyond the '59 trio stuff... and then whadduya know, '64 has him with Jim Hall and Ben Riley, playing it straight. Not that 'The Bridge' isn't a great album, but it was certainly a sign of having abandoned the line that lead to 'Sonny Meets Hawk' and a line that only he could have pursued.

Most underrated sax player this side of Joe Henderson. Awesome stuff.

/yeah, he's underrated/overlooked

wow. Niels Pedersen makes me want to quit playing bass forever.

Nice find subby. Thanks for making my day!

mctom, is this (new window) the one?

chickyraptor: mctom, is this (new window) the one?

Thats the right band and the right year, but not the video of 'Green Dolphin St' (they're playing '52nd street theme').

There is an album (or two?) of that quartet, and lots of bootlegs, they are all fantastic, but for me the group with Paul Bley was the most insane.

Wynton Kelly's version of this tune on "Kelly Blue" is pretty awesome as well.

Great album btw.