Bibliograph

Saxophone colossus, a portrait of Sonny Rollins, text by Bob Blumenthal ; photographs by John Abbott

Type

Label

Saxophone colossus, a portrait of Sonny Rollins, text by Bob Blumenthal ; photographs by John Abbott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Saxophone colossus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

505419617

Responsibility statement

text by Bob Blumenthal ; photographs by John Abbott

Sub title

a portrait of Sonny Rollins

Summary

Jazz legend Sonny Rollins will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall, andSaxophone Colossuswill be published to mark this occasion and honor his incredibly prolific career. This intimate appreciation combines the images of John Abbott, who as Rollinss photographer of choice for the past 20 years has captured the saxophonist at home and at work, and the essays of Bob Blumenthal, a jazz critic who has chronicled Rollins and his art for nearly four decades. Sonny Rollins has been at the center of jazz and its evolution virtually from his birth

Table Of Contents

St. Thomas : Rollins & rhythm -- You don't know what love is : Sonny's sound -- Moritat : Sonny and songs -- Strode rode : Rollins the modernist -- Blue 7 : Sonny's theme

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