When Sonny Rollins Speaks, We LIsten. When Sonny Rollins Plays, We Cheer

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Kurt Weill's Moritat (Mack The Knife) featuring Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, George Duke on Piano, Stanley Clarke on bass and Al Foster on drums, recorded live in Japan, 1981. Interview with Bret Primack 00:00 Music begins 03:00
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Sonny Rollins is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of all time. He started playing the saxophone at a young age and quickly gained fame as a musician in the early 1950s. He is known for his creative and explosive playing style, which is heavily influenced by Caribbean rhythms, and has released over sixty albums as a leader. His most famous recordings include "Valse Hot", "St. Thomas", and "Blue 7". Rollins left the jazz scene in 1961 to focus on his own music, but returned in the late 1960s to gain even more acclaim.
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@miguelrivera9878 Жыл бұрын

"When Sonny Rollins Speaks, We LIsten. When Sonny Rollins Plays, We Cheer". i couldn't agree more

@ianbuxton8332 Жыл бұрын

Well worth watching a second time!! 👍

@ianbuxton8332 Жыл бұрын

... AND if course the Goliath PLAYING!! Never has Mack the Knife been so excitingly played .. UNLESS anyone can give us a reference to SOME OTHER Titan.

@jimmiller241 Жыл бұрын

A Master

@rebeccalevinson193 Жыл бұрын

WOW!! He’s playing Mack the Knife like it’s the Greatest Song ever written! And he’s got the coolest, hippest, funkiest musicians, right there with Him, backbeat and all (Al Foster playing a Back Beat? Really?)! And Kill’n it!

@musicbyfriendsforfriends3311 Жыл бұрын

Great Video! From Sonny’s response to the question to his performance to the audience’s reaction. Some things are right in this world. That’s why we need to “touch” Sonny.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@giacintopiracci Жыл бұрын

Intergalactic Treasure

@nickpilgrim1966 Жыл бұрын

Wow. The pure creative ecstasy on Sonny's face at the end of his performance. That's one of the most iconic images of a jazzman I've ever seen.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@MikeBravos Жыл бұрын

Master

@edwardjons8684 Жыл бұрын

To hear from a guy who achieved what the rest of us would regard as the absolute pinnacle of artistic achievement, and speak with such humility, without pretension, and ‘yeah I still practise’. I hope these videos, the new biography, all the material that has become available so late in his life, has the profound influence it should on future generations of musicians.

@adamrafferty Жыл бұрын

SOnny - one of the absolute greatest!!!! A real hero to me.

@rustynail766 Жыл бұрын

Best version of Mack The Knife that I've ever heard! Thanks!

@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@henridelagardere264 Жыл бұрын

Listen and cheer, Sonny is here!

@jfreijser Жыл бұрын

Ahhh, Mack the Knife is just so bloody brilliant .....

@brendaboykin3281 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sonny and Bret😎🌹😎🌹

@CarlaRupp Жыл бұрын

Great!!!

@annapluskota3247 Жыл бұрын

🌹

@hank1519 Жыл бұрын

You gotta admire a person who can be both humble and extremely well-defined!

@johnbrown4568 Жыл бұрын

Sonny in this interview is very well spoken. Thank you for posting.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Sonny's a very intelligent, well spoken man.

@dennis524 Жыл бұрын

Great player and great human being.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

true dat

@romainbertrand253 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. We love Sonny. Very inspiring character.

@cjgaddy Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏🎤🎷 This is Totally Awesome: the interview and, of course, Sonny’s masterful cut of The Knife. THANK YOU! 👏👏

@jloveyork Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jazz Video Guy! You are awesome! I love listening to Sonny speak and play!

@hivicar Жыл бұрын

You caught the smile right after that expression at European concert climax!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

yup

@russellkitch4043 Жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC....

@cedamoon4049 Жыл бұрын

Sonny brings the Heat on this one!! As well, the video quality and sound quality are clear and crisp, for something from 1981. I really enjoyed the close-ups of Sonny's face, like you're sitting front row for an unforgettable set. And his bandmates are all smiling ear-to-ear, what a scene, man!

@mikefarmer7238 Жыл бұрын

A,ll tenor players should watch this.

@michaelfoxbrass Жыл бұрын

Simplest chord changes, of which Sonny makes a most creative and enjoyable time! 😊

@lexo30 Жыл бұрын

Sonny Rollins played on a classic Bud Powell session in 1949, when he was 18 years old. He may not play anymore, but he's never stopped developing. Legend.

@LCohenSax Жыл бұрын

Sonny in all of his magnificence.

@trevormaclaren9048 Жыл бұрын

A great interview!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@buyukberber Жыл бұрын

Incredible…!

@sipsun8 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Bret! great “colossal” post. We all love the immense Sony. PS I put the video on my Favorites playlist; hope this will help… All the best! maybe ☮️on🌎🌍🌏

@paulgibby6932 Жыл бұрын

So great on "Mack the Knife". Thanks Bret

@jacobsinclair1 Жыл бұрын

Classic interview.

@ellingtonhilligas Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting! So wonderful!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@walterhayley7252 Жыл бұрын

I "Like Sonny"...

@OGStazzy Ай бұрын

3:18 what song is this

@robertvanruyssevelt7159 Жыл бұрын

Jazz will not disappear with Sonny Rollins. He and his contemporaries have inspired young people around the world. Here is a song from his repertoire played (not as a sax number) by a group of young artists from Barcelona: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bapki86GrMXMnKM.html

@arundiasbandaranaike5989 Жыл бұрын

Plenty of humour!!! I guess Newk has knowledge and insight on his audience, to figure when some excitement can be generated in amongst the serious exploration that he grapples with

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

well said