[GerryD]

Happy Birthday! 93 years old.

[richidoo]

Wife and I were listening to Stones a couple weeks ago and heard a nice tenor solo on the 'Tatoo You' album. It was Sonny, he solos on three tunes...

I've been listening to Sonny for 5 decades, mostly on his early '50s sessions, as sideman with the best of the best.
He is a very spiritual man, as all the great jazzers are.

I always loved this recording.

[FullRangeMan]

Great musician, really worth listen Sonny.
I suppose he dont play the tenor anymore.
A deserved Happy Birthday to Mr.Rollins.

[JakeJ]

Yessir!  Another Sonny Rollins fan here shoutin' it out!  93?!  Hope his quality of life is still there.

[dflee]

Robert Mugge did a documentary on Sonny, "Saxophone Colossus".
I've seen it and it's definitely worth checking out.
He also has a book out and documented his time with Sonny, "Notes from the road"'
also highly recommended.

Don

[jobiwon]

Jazz Icons DVD of Sonny 65 & 68 I think.   I got it from the Library
https://www.ebay.com/p/70466073?iid=372950126754

[Syrah]

I was lucky enough to see him live at Massey Hall in Toronto.  A friend told me that he has good and bad nights, and he was having a good one.  Amazing.  The opening to Old Cowhand was always one of my audio test tracks.

[FullRangeMan]

Musicians who play horns usually have good days and bad days due to their lungs and general physical strength, unless they are young, also the tenor takes a lot of air to move.

[strateahed]

@Syrah ... agree 100%! My wife & I caught Sonny in Berkeley about 10-12 years ago ... he was in his early 80's. He started a little slow, but by the end his young sidemen had to play hard to keep up! Easily one of the very best performances we ever experienced.