Saxophone colossus : the life and music of Sonny Rollins
Levy, Aidan2022
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Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the 'Saxophone Colossus,' he is widely acknowledged as the greatest living jazz improviser, having won Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. He is one of our last links to the golden age of jazz - one of only two remaining musicians pictured in the iconic 'Great Day in Harlem' portrait. His colossal 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. 'Saxophone Colossus' introduces us to the man behind the myth.
Main title:
Saxophone colossus : the life and music of Sonny Rollins / Aidan Levy.
Author:
Levy, Aidan, author
Imprint:
London : Hachette Books, 2022.
Collation:
752 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780306902796 (hbk)
Dewey class:
788.7165092788.716
Language:
English
BRN:
1081557