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Saxophone Colossus The Life and Music of Sonny
Rollins
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Winner of the American Book Award (2023)
8203Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd
Weld Awardnbsp2023) The long-awaited first
full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and
composer Sonny RollinsnbspSonny Rollins has long
been considered an enigma. Known as the
8220Saophone Colossus,8221he is widely
acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz
improvisers of all time, winning Grammys, the
Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden8217sPolar
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 8220Grat Day in
Harlem8221portrait. His seven-decade career has
been well documented, but the backstage life of
the man once called 8220thonly jazz
recluse8221has gone largely untold8212unil
now.nbspBased on more than 200 interviews with
Rollins himself, family members, friends, and
collaborators, as well as Rollins8217extensive
personal archive, Saxophone Colossus is the
comprehensive portrait of this legendary
saxophonist and composer, civil rights activist
and environmentalist. A child of the Harlem
Renaissance, Rollins8217precocious talent
landed him on the bandstand and in the recording
studio with Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Charlie
Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, or
playing opposite Billie Holiday. An icon in his
own right, he recorded Tenor Madness, featuring
John Coltrane Way Out West Freedom Suite, the
first civil rights-themed album of the hard bop
era A Night at the Village Vanguard and the 1956
classic Saxophone Colossus.nbspYet his meteoric
rise to fame was not without its challenges. He
served two sentences on Rikers Island and won his
battle with heroin addiction. In 1959, Rollins
took a two-year sabbatical from recording and
performing, practicing up to 16 hours a day on
the Williamsburg Bridge. In 1968, he left again
to study at an ashram in India. He returned to
performing from 1971 until his retirement in
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2012.8239nbsp The story of Sonny
Rollins8212inovative, unpredictable, larger
than life8212isthe story of jazz itself, and
Sonny8217sown narrative is as timeless and
timely as the art form he represents. Part jazz
oral history told in the musicians8217own
words, part chronicle of one man8217squest for
social justice and spiritual enlightenment, this
is the definitive biography of one of the most
enduring and influential artists in jazz and
American history.
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Bestselling
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