City Lights presents Aidan Levy in conversation with Ammiel Alcalay celebrating the publication of “SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins” by Aiden Levy, published by Hachette Books. This virtual event took place over Zoom and was hosted by Peter Maravelis.

You can purchase copies of "SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS” directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/saxophone-colossus-sonny-rollins/

Aidan Levy is the author of “Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed” and editor of “Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters”. A former Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellow, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, JazzTimes, The Nation and other publications. He has served as co-convener of the African American Studies Colloquium and works with the Center for Jazz Studies at at Columbia University. For ten years, he was the baritone saxophonist in the Stan Rubin Orchestra.

Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, novelist, translator, critic, and scholar. His books include “a little history”, “from the warring factions”, “Memories of Our Future”, and “After Jews and Arabs”. “Ghost Talk”, A Bibliography for “After Jews & Arabs” and “A Dove in Flight”, by Syrian poet and former political prisoner Faraj Bayrakdar, co-edited with Shareah Taleghani, all came out in 2021. "Follow the Person: Archival Encounters, and Controlled Demolition", a poem in four books, are due out in 2023. Alcalay is the founder and general editor of Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative (http://centerforthehumanities.org/lost-and-found), for which he was recognized in 2017 with a Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award.

This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Aidan Levy in conversation with Ammiel Alcalay

A hasty attempt at this months SOTM for Cafe Saxophone.
2x on the New Wonder ii Tenor 
Coaxing it through twice on my poorly New Wonder ii Alto

St. Thomas (SOTM) June '23

Tema Om Om Sonny Rollins med Flemming Madsen i studiet på Jazzkanalen

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins  (født 7. september 1930)er en amerikansk jazztenorsaxofonist, der er bredt anerkendt som en af de vigtigste og mest indflydelsesrige jazzmusikere.

I en karriere på syv årtier har han indspillet over tres albums som leder. En række af hans kompositioner, herunder "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy" og "Airegin", er blevet jazzstandarder. 

Rollins er blevet kaldt "den største levende improvisator".

089 Jazzen Med Madsen - Tema Om Om Sonny Rollins

Lord Sandwich : Jazz 56-64

jazz classic LP's selection 

100% Vinyl !

Joe Williams - Sent For You Yesterday (1960)
Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1963)
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Silver (1964)
Ella Fitzgerald - Prelude To A Kiss (1956)
Sonny Rollins - What’s My Name (1958)
John Coltrane - Dahomey Dance (1961)

Lord Sandwich - Jazz 56-64

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins, Amerikalı caz tenör saksofoncunun hikayesi.

Sonny Rollins - Jazz Bulvarı #sonnyrollins

New Disc

"Tribute" (mix on some samples of "If I would leave U"of Sonny Rollins and some other...) Jeff R.

Tenor saxophonist Willie Morris taps into a wellspring of creativity from the "Unbound Inner" on his third album for Posi-Tone.

As a bandleader, Morris leads by example with remarkable technical precision and a manifest knowledge of his materials. His saxophone's sound is extraordinarily well-centered, his articulation sharp and his command of his instrument complete. Nevertheless, it is the considerable depth of his emotional artistry that is most impactful and remarkable.

Morris is supported on the date by a familiar crew of accomplished collaborators — vibraphonist Behn Gillece, pianist Jon Davis, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Rudy Royston — all of whom ably express the leader's musical vision in all their improvisations and interplay.

With an amazing combination of talent and brilliant performances, Willie Morris' new album clearly encourages listeners towards the wondrous discovery of bright moments from his explorations of the "Unbound Inner."

Unbound Inner

Patterned

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Willie Morris - Patterned

I've played tenor sax for a long time, mostly in rock bands, but recently I've been devoting myself to studying jazz.  Here are some of my favorite sessions.  

St Thomas  (composed by Sonny Rollins)

ténor madness

Cool jazz radio show on www.radio-maestral.hr This edition features two albums: Roamin’ with Richardson by Jerome Richardson and Saxophone colossus by Sonny Rollins. Track list:
Jerome Richardson - friar tuck 5:40
Jerome Richardson - up at Teddy’s hill 6:23
Jerome Richardson - warm valley 8:44
Jerome Richardson - poinciana 7:37
Jerome Richardson - I never knew 6:41
Jerome Richardson - candled sweets 4:27
Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas 6:49
Sonny Rollins - you don’t know what love is 6:31
Sonny Rollins - strode rode 5:16
Sonny Rollins - moritat 10:06
Sonny Rollins - blue 7 11:17
Sonny Rollins - tenor madness 12:16

Cool jazz 129 ( 17.7.2025. ) Jerome Richardson - Roamin’ with Richardson, Sonny Rollins - saxophone colossus

don't stop carnival

Jazzradio i Nordsjælland, der sender på FM 104,3 MHz - læs mere på www.jazzkanalen.dk

Returning sax player.

After 'learning' to play at school, over a decade later I picked up my Earlham Alto, and it snow balled from there. 

Fortnightly lessons for over 12 months, playing weekly with over 40 musicians in an Orchestra.

Somehow ended up with 
1x 1920's Conn NWii Alto
1x 1927 Conn NWii Tenor

jazz,blues,funk,brasil,latin,africa....improvisation.
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Posi-Tone Records is a jazz label that strives to produce the highest quality recordings by the best up-and-coming musicians on today's exciting jazz scene.  Whether it's contemporary interpretations of classic material or fresh new songs by the hottest innovative players, the Posi-Tone catalog provides both new fans and devoted listeners with something they can count on to deliver the energy that exists in the current world of jazz.

Şehrin bilgi temalı, modern sesi.

Müzik, Bilim, Tarih, Gençlik, Çevre, Spor, Sağlık, Siyaset ve Sanat konularında uzmanları tarafından hazırlanmış, yüzlerce podcast'e bizi takip ederek ulaşabilirsiniz.

www.radyogercek.com

The official podcast for City Lights Publishers & Booksellers in San Francisco. Featuring readings and archives. Hosted by City Lights events coordinator Peter Maravelis.

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stay fresh & keep digging !

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