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Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation
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Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation Paperback - 2000

by Eric Nisenson


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Sonny Rollins is one of jazz's great innovators, arguably the most influential tenor saxophonist, along with John Coltrane, in the history of modern jazz. He began his musical career at the age of eleven, and within five short years he was playing with the legendary Thelonious Monk. In the late forties, before his twenty-first birthday, Rollins was in full swing, recording with jazz luminaries such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Miles Davis, and he was hailed as the best jazz tenor man alive in the mid-fifties. Still active today, Rollins and his compelling sound reach a whole new generation of listeners with his eagerly anticipated live appearances. Now renowned jazz writer Eric Nisenson provides a long-overdue look at one of jazz's brightest, and most enduring, stars.

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The rewards for an audience catching Sonny Rollins on a good night go beyond hearing the actual music itself.

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  • Title Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation
  • Author Eric Nisenson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1stTrade PB; Fir
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, [New York, N.Y.]
  • Date 2000-12-23
  • ISBN 9780306809880 / 0306809885
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.93 x 5.86 x 0.54 in (22.68 x 14.88 x 1.37 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Jazz musicians - United States, Rollins, Sonny
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Eric Nisenson is the author of several jazz books, including The Making of Kind of Blue. He lives in Malden, Massachusetts.
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