Sonny Rollins @80 Contest

 

Winners Announced!

1st Prize, 2 Tickets to the Concert:
John Clarry: "I'm originally from the Detroit area, where I played saxophone in high school and learned to love sax based jazz. I heard Rahsan Roland Kirk and an electric Miles Davis play, before I moved to New York for college. There were many more jazz venues in NY (some defunct now), where I heard Pharaoh Sanders, Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Frank Morgan and others play. I last heard Sonny Rollins play at a local college about 10 years ago, where I also heard Kenny Garrett (not Kenny G!) and Greg Oglesby play. I teach part-time and listen to jazz on WBGO, and I'm looking forward to hearing Sonny play again with his all-star guests. Although it's been awhile since he played in NY, it should be a epic celebration for his 80th birthday."

2nd Prize, a copy of Saxophone Colossus - A Portrait of Sonny Rollins:
Catherine A Marquardt

3rd Prize, a copy of the Definitive Sonny Rollins on Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary:
John Scherrer

3rd Prize, a copy of the Definitive Sonny Rollins on Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary:
Dale McCook

See you at the Concert!

Sonny Rollins turns 80 on Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
(please leave your birthday greetings in his Guestbook).

Sonny has played a number of memorable concerts at the Beacon Theatre. If you'd like to win two tickets to Sonny Rollins @80, A Celebration with Special Guests, name the concerts, the dates, and the personnel.

Answer

November 18, 1995
Sonny Rollins
Wallace Roney
Jackie McLean
Gil Coggins
Walter Bishop, Jr.
Clifton Anderson
Bob Cranshaw
Connie Henry
Al Foster
Kevin Hays
 
June 4, 1983
Sonny Rollins
Wynton Marsalis
Jack DeJohnette
Masuo
Bobby Broom
Russell Blake

October 21, 1978
Milestone Jazzstars
Sonny Rollins
McCoy Tyner
Ron Carter
Al Foster

These are the prizes that were awarded.

2nd Prize is a copy of the new book
Saxophone Colossus - A Portrait of Sonny Rollins
by John Abbott and Bob Blumenthal.

3rd Prize is a copy of the new 2 CD set,
The Definitive Sonny Rollins on Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary,
a collection of Sonny's greatest recordings from the 50s.