Sonny Rollins

New: Lead Sheets and Solo Transcriptions
from Sonny, Please and Road Shows, Vol. 1

Sonny received the Kennedy Center Honors

 

 

Bill Clinton and Sonny Rollins
Photo: Terri Hinte

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Hear Sonny with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley

View Sonny on "Tavis Smiley" on PBS

Grammy Nominations: "Road Shows, Vol. 2" - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Sonnymoon for Two" (And JazzTimes Album of the Year)

Sonny Rolins Road Shows Vol 2

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Sonny's Oral History

On February 28, 2011, Larry Appelbaum conducted a video interview with
Sonny Rollins for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Project.

This Chapter:  Live Music and Dancing


Photo: Ruth David

SONNY ROLLINS ONE OF 10 RECIPIENTS OF 2010 NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS

Saxophonist Sonny Rollins was one of ten honorees who received the 2010 National Medal of Arts for outstanding achievements and support of the arts. The presentation was made on March 2 by President Barack Obama in an East Room ceremony at the White House.

“I’m very happy that jazz, the greatest American music, is being recognized through this honor, and I’m grateful to accept this award on behalf of the gods of our music,” Mr. Rollins said of the award.

 

The National Medal of Arts recipients represent the many vibrant and diverse art forms thriving in America,” said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “Sonny Rollins’ melodic sensibilities, playing style, and solos have delighted audiences and influenced generations of musicians for over fifty years and I join the President and the country in saluting him.”

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