Saturday, April 22, 2023

From Sunday Night Live - How Sonny Rollins' Guru, Thelonious Monk, Helped Him

 


From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

The continuing story of the relationship as musicians and pals between Thelonius Monk and Sonny Rollins.

Thelonious Monk helped Sonny Rollins, encouraging him and teaching him his music when Sonny was a teenager in Harlem. Sonny has long acknowledged Monk as his musical guru. Excerpt from "Sunday Night Live," featuring an interview with Aidan Levy, author, Saxophone Colossus, the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins. Purchase Saxophone Colossus - The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins; https://amzn.to/3CDQ5JK

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