A colossal book for a colossal musician. Aidan Levy's biography of Sonny Rollins runs to over 700 pages, not including the no less remarkable notes, available as a separate 416-page download. That the ...

Sonny Rollins has approached his music the past 30 years or so with a safety net securely under him, playing with musicians whose No. 1 job is to make him look good. The last living tenor sax oracle ...

On Dec. 17, 1951, Sonny Rollins entered a studio for his first session as bandleader. The tenor saxophonist, then 21 years old, had already recorded with the likes of Miles Davis. Within days, and for ...

Tracks: CD 1: Blue Room; Four; Love Walked In; Tune Up; Sonnymoon For Two; Love Walked In; Three Little Words. CD 2: They Can't Take That Away From Me/ Sonnymoon For Two; On Green Dolphin Street/ ...

Aidan Levy has written a revealing, comprehensive biography of the improviser-hero Sonny Rollins. By Ben Ratliff When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

Aidan Levy’s much anticipated new book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, a moving and meticulously researched 784-page biography seven years in the making, chronicles the ...

Recorded over the course of three days in 1967, during a period when the saxophonist was disillusioned with the record business, Rollins in Holland presents a jazz master in an ideal setting. This is ...

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins remains an irresistible force of nature who is best heard in live concert settings where his exuberant, impassioned solos can blow an audience away. "Road Shows, Vol. 2 ...

This is FRESH AIR. In September, FRESH AIR celebrated jazz giant Sonny Rollins' 90th birthday. Now comes the first issue of some prime 1967 Rollins music. It comes from a period when the saxophonist ...