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Saxophone Colossus : the life and music of Sonny Rollins / Aidan Levy.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML419.R64 L48 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levy, Aidan, 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rollins, Sonny.
- Saxophonists--United States--Biography.
- Saxophonists.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 772 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Life and music of Sonny Rollins
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the "Saxophone Colossus," he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz improvisers of all time, winning Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts. A bridge from bebop to the avant-garde, he is a lasting link to the golden age of jazz, pictured in the iconic "Great Day in Harlem" portrait. His seven-decade career has been well documented, but the backstage life of the man once called "the only jazz recluse" has gone largely untold--until now."-- Adapted from inside cover flap jacket.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART 1
- ch. 1 St. Eustatius (1864
- 1930)
- ch. 2 Harlem (1930
- 1938)
- ch. 3 The Hill (1938
- 1944)
- ch. 4 The Street (1944
- 1946)
- ch. 5 Annapolis (1946)
- ch. 6 The Monastery of San Juan Hill (1946
- 1947)
- ch. 7 Goof Square (1947
- 1948)
- ch. 8 Professor Bop (1948
- 1949)
- ch. 9 Chicago via Montreal (1950)
- ch. 10 Birdland (1951)
- ch. 11 Carvin' the Rock (1952)
- ch. 12 Collectors' Items (1953
- 1954)
- ch. 13 Hackensack (1954)
- ch. 14 The Beehive (1954
- 1955)
- ch. 15 Brown-Roach Incorporated (1955
- 1956)
- ch. 16 Saxophone Colossus (1956)
- ch. 17 I Remember Clifford (1956)
- ch. 18 Way Out West (1957)
- ch. 19 A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957)
- ch. 20 The Freedom Suite (1958)
- ch. 21 The Road (1958)
- ch. 22 Finding the Bridge (1959
- 1960)
- ch. 23 The Bridge (1960
- 1961)
- PART 2
- ch. 24 After the Bridge (1961
- 1962)
- ch. 25 Sonny Meets Hawk (1963)
- ch. 26 Now's the Time (1964)
- ch. 27 Ronnie Scott's (1965)
- ch. 28 89 East Broadway (1966)
- ch. 29 Who Is Sonny Rollins? (1967)
- ch. 30 Sandeepany Sadhanalaya (1968)
- ch. 31 Musart (1969
- 1970)
- ch. 32 Satchmo Love-mo (1971)
- ch. 33 Next Album (1972
- 1973)
- ch. 34 The Cutting Edge (1974
- 1975)
- ch. 35 The Way I Feel (1976
- 1977)
- ch. 36 Don't Stop the Carnival (1978
- 1979)
- ch. 37 The Stones (1980)
- ch. 38 Passing the Torch (1981
- 1983)
- ch. 39 Who by Fire (1984
- 1989)
- ch. 40 Here's to the People (1990
- 1996)
- ch. 41 Old Flames (1997
- 2012)
- ch. 42 The Big Picture and the Little Picture (2012
- ).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 727) and index.
- American Book Awards - Winner, 2023
- ISBN:
- 9780306902796
- 0306902796
- OCLC:
- 1257292741
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