This is FRESH AIR. Although Kevin Whitehead recently stepped down as our jazz critic, we succeeded in convincing him to still occasionally contribute to our show as a jazz historian. Today, he has ...
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Resonance Records, the award-winning home of archival jazz treasures, will proudly present a new, fully authorized live collection by tenor master Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour ...
The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...
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 ...
America didn’t invent improvisation, but it seems to have held the patent for generations. Even if, as many presume these days, the nation’s democracy is imperiled, its promise of unlimited ...
AAA Kevin Gray mastering, RTI pressing, and prime-era Sonny Rollins. Craft Recordings’ OJC Plus 4 is premium jazz done right in 2025. That hindsight changes how the record lands, but it doesn’t soften ...