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The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename NYC's Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins' musical sabbatical there from 1959-61. https://t.co/GRva9tpHRK
Sonny Rollins Bridge
Joined October 2016
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Sonny Rollins on his 95th birthday Thanks to @dailykos for the mention #SonnyRollinsBridge
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� Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 275 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope ...
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@RollinsBridge My copy from the day it was released. I keep it safe in a frame. I have others to enjoy. Without a Song with Jim Hall is my favorite tune.
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Happy 95th birthday, Sonny Rollins! 📷 circa 1944 (age 14), Sonny Rollins archive
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Sonny Rollins was born in Harlem on this day in 1930. The Saxophone Colossus turns 95 years old today. He is the world’s greatest living improviser. 📸 David McLane/Getty Images, 1968 #SonnyRollinsBridge
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On this day in 1958, Art Kane photographed 57 musicians at 17 East 126th Street for Esquire magazine. It was a Great Day in Harlem, 67 years ago today. Sonny Rollins is the only musician from this photo still living. #SonnyRollinsBridge
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sonny Rollins #SonnyRollinsBridge
https://t.co/SXzmPGkVvt
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Joshua Redman, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Giddins and more musicians and writers highlight their favorites from the “saxophone colossus.”
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“I think that picture humanized a lot of the myth of what people thought jazz was.” Sonny Rollins #SonnyRollinsBridge
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Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
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Roy Haynes, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath: Snap Crackle, Saxophone Colossus, Little Bird 📸 Jeanfrançois Prins, 2010
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Jimmy Heath, Sonny Rollins, & Roy Haynes AKA Little Bird, The Saxophone Colossus, & Snap Crackle 📸 @johnabbottphoto
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Roy Haynes, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, & Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Five Spot Cafe, NYC, September 1958 📸 Marvin Oppenberg
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RIP Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
McCoy with Hubert Laws, Sonny Rollins, and Quincy Jones at the Downbeat Awards Show in 1975.
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Henry Grimes was born in Philadelphia on this day in 1935. 📸 © Paul Hoeffler, Rochester, NY, 1958, Henry Grimes with the Sonny Rollins Trio
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RIP Benny Golson (1929-2024) 📸 Art Kane “A Great Day in Harlem” outtake: Golson, Rollins, & Monk; August 12, 1958 #SonnyRollinsBridge
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Robert Mugge's 1986 film SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS Free to watch through Sunday night #SonnyRollinsBridge
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Sonny Rollins was born in New York City on this day in 1930. The Saxophone Colossus turns 94 years old today. 📸 Martin Schoeller #SonnyRollinsBridge
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