Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins, a new book by John Abbott and Bob Blumenthal, was published September 1st.

Check out Bret Primack's video on the book featuring John and Bob.

 

Download / Listen to John Abbott and Bob Blumenthal discuss their experiences
with Sonny and about their book:

Part 1 | Part 2  | Part 3 | Part 4

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Sonny Rollins will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall, and Saxophone Colossus will be published to mark this occasion and honor his incredibly prolific career. This intimate appreciation combines the images of John Abbott, who as Rollins’s photographer of choice for the past 20 years has captured the saxophonist at home and at work, and the essays of Bob Blumenthal, a jazz critic who has chronicled Rollins and his art for nearly four decades.
 
John Abbott’s award-winning jazz photography has been featured on more than 250 album and magazine covers. He has been the primary cover photographer for JazzTimes magazine since 2003.
 
Bob Blumenthal is the winner of two Grammy awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Journalists Association.

The night before Sonny's triumphant concert at Discover Jazz in Burlington, VT,
he did a Q and A with Bob Blumenthal. Here's Mr. Blumenthal thanks the audience
for their support.