Sonny Rollins Earns Kennedy Center Honors
We here at Nippertown.com would like to send our congratulations to Sonny Rollins, the 81-year-old jazz giant, saxophone colossus, composer and Germantown…
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Is the Hudson Valley the Center of the Jazz World?
Well, maybe not, but...At the Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards held Saturday at City Winery in NYC, it kinda seemed like it. Sonny Rollins -…
Sonny Rollins, James Taylor, Jacob’s Pillow to Be Honored Today
Jazz saxophone giant Sonny Rollins...
Pop singer-songwriter James Taylor...
And summer dance destination Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival...At first…
Hump Day Unusual Moment: Leonard Cohen Meets Sonny Rollins
- broadcast live on "Sunday Night Live" (later known as "Night Music") on February 13, 1989
Sherman Holmes, What Was the First Album You Ever Bought?
"The first record I bought was the Modern Jazz Quartet album with Sonny Rollins."Oh, and a lot of classical music, too."Bassist-vocalist Sherman Holmes…