[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Nine Lives of Sonny Rollins - Special Birthday
Tribute
Jerry Gordon
jerrygordon at juno.com
Thu Sep 7 10:16:57 PDT 2006
Maybe not EKOM (Everyone's...), but might be of interest to some. (At
least to Steve)
Jerry
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:06:33 -0400
Subject: Nine Lives of Sonny Rollins =?ISO-8859-1?B?rSA=?=A Special
Birthday Tribute
September 7, 2008
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From: Jazz Promo Services
Nine Lives of Sonny Rollins A Special Birthday Tribute
Theodore Walter Rollins, aka Sonny, turns 76 today. To celebrate the
birthday of the Saxophone Colossus, and the first anniversary of his
website, nine rare video performances are posted on
<http://www.sonnyrollins.com/> for one week.
Featured Video Performances:
"Paul's Pal" - Stockholm '57 with Henry Grimes, bass; Joe Harris, drums.
7:27
"Weaver of Dreams" - Amsterdam '59 with Henry Grimes, bass; Pete LaRoca,
drums. 3:58
"52nd Street Theme" - Rome '62 with Don Cherry, pocket trumpet; Henry
Grimes, bass; Billy Higgins, drums. 5:07
"Oleo" - Copehagen '65 with Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass; Alan
Dawson, drums. 3:22
"Four" - Copenhagen '68 with Kenny Drew, piano; Niels-Henning Orsted
Pedersen, bass; Tootie Heath, drums. 4:06
"Moritat" - Tokyo '81 with George Duke, piano; Stanley Clarke, bass; Al
Foster, drums. 7:26
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - Prague '82 with Masuo, Bobby Broom, guitar;
Lincoln Goines, bass; Tommy Campbell, drums. 6:26
"My One and Only Love" - Montreal '82 with Masuo and Bobby Broom, guitar;
Bob Cranshaw, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. 6:14
"Serenade" - Cerritos, California, April 11, 2006 with Clifton Anderson,
trombone; Bobby Broom, guitar; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Kimati Dinizulu,
percussion; Joe Corsello, drums. 14:04
After viewing these rare videos, visitors are invited post their birthday
greetings for Sonny in his guestbook.
Nine Lives of Sonny Rollins was produced by Bret Primack, utilizing video
provided by Jazz video collector, Hal Miller.
Nine Lives of Sonny Rollins
http://www.sonnyrollins.com/birthday.php
Website
http://www.sonnyrollins.com <http://www.sonnyrollins.com/>
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