Search Results - "Sonny Rollins"

Sonny Rollins : play-a-long book and CD set for all instrumentalists by Rollins, Sonny

The complete Prestige recordings by Rollins, Sonny

Sonny's bridge : jazz legend Sonny Rollins finds his groove by Wittenstein, Barry

Keeping time : readings in jazz history

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Jazz : from its origins to the present by Porter, Lewis, 1951-

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Blue notes in black and white : photography and jazz by Cawthra, Benjamin

Contents: “…Life goes to a jazz party: photography and the politics of swing -- Setting the stage: a tale of two parties -- "Swing," segregation, and Peterson's Satchelmouth -- Jammin' at Gjon's: Mili's Trio of jazz photo-essays -- Picturing bebop: Dizzy Gillespie and the postwar jazz image -- Dizzy Gillespie, the bebop image, and life -- Jazz seen and unseen: William Gottlieb, bebop, and down beat -- Herman Leonard, metronome, and the iconography of jazz -- Jazz man/pop star: the LP, Miles Davis, and the 1950s -- Columbia, the LP, and jazz -- Miles Davis and the art of the album cover -- The package evolves: Porgy and Bess to Someday My Prince Will Come -- Sonny Rollins and the art of the independent record labels -- Jazz west coast: William Claxton and the California image -- Sonny Rollins: way out west -- Selling hard bop: prestige, blue note, and riverside -- Roy Decarava's jazz: fine art, black art, and the 1960s -- Edna Smith, The Family of Man, and The Sweet Flypaper of Life -- A photographer's gallery, Kamoinge workshop, and race in jazz -- The jazz photographs: John Coltrane and The sound I saw -- Coda: dark rooms, open spaces.…”

Jazz station [juke box hits]

Contents: “…Groovin' high / Charlie Parker -- Lover come back to me / Artie Shaw -- In your own sweet way / Dave Brubeck -- Straight no chaser / Miles Davis -- Sonnymoon for two / Sonny Rollins -- Waltz for Debbie / Oscar Peterson -- Bye bye blackbird / Miles Davis -- Just one of those things / Art Tatum -- Pennies from heaven / Dizzy Gillespie -- Out of nowhere / Dave Brubeck -- St. …”

The jazz tradition by Williams, Martin, 1924-1992

Contents: “…Introduction : a contemporary art -- Jelly Roll Morton : three-minute form -- Louis Armstrong : style beyond style -- Bix Beiderbecke : the white man's burden -- Coleman Hawkins : some comments on a phoenix -- Billie Holiday : actress without an act -- Duke Ellington : form beyond form -- Count Basie and Lester Young : style beyond swing -- Charlie Parker : the burden of innovation -- Thelonius Monk : modern jazz in search of maturity -- John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet : modern conservative -- Sonny Rollins : spontaneous orchestration -- Horace Silver : the meaning of craftsmanship -- Miles Davis : a man walking -- John Coltrane : a man in the middle -- Ornette Coleman : the meaning of innovation.…”

Ron Carter, Finding the Right Notes by Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet

Rodgers & Hart songbook by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Contents: “…My funny valentine (Carmen McRae) (4:22) -- It's easy to remember (John Coltrane) (2:45) -- Lover (Louis Armstrong) (2:20) -- You are too beautiful (John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) (5:32) -- You took advantage of me (Carmen McRae) (2:40) -- Have you met Miss Jones (McCoy Tyner) (4:09) -- Dancing on the ceiling (Lorez Alexandria) (1:30) -- It never entered by mind (Johnny Hartman) (3:35) -- Blue room (Sonny Rollins) (3:41) -- My romance (Chico Hamilton) (2:50) -- My funny valentine (McCoy Tyner) (7:58) -- Bewitched (Al Grey) (3:34) -- Nobody's heart (Art Farmer) (4:00) -- The lady is a tramp (Sonny Stitt) (7:10).…”

GRP All-Star Big Band by GRP All-Star Big Band

Latin jazz by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc

The artistry of the Modern Jazz Quartet by Modern Jazz Quartet

Smithsonian collection of classic jazz Rev. ed. by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Red Hot Peppers (Musical group), Red Onion Jazz Babies, Hot Five, Hot Seven, Blue Note Jazzmen (Musical group : Art Hodes), Louis Armstrong Orchestra, Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, Five Pennies (Musical group), Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Benny Goodman Trio, Coleman Hawkins Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins Quartet, Billie Holiday Orchestra, Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, Gene Krupa Orchestra, Chocolate Dandies (Benny Carter), Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Hot Club de France. Quintette, Count Basie Orchestra, Benny Goodman Sextet, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet, Charlie Parker's Reboppers, Jazz at the Philharmonic (Musical group), Charlie Parker Quintet, Charlie Parker All Stars, Bud Powell Trio, Dexter Gordon Quartet, Tadd Dameron Sextet, Lennie Tristano Quintet, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk Quintet, Horace Silver Quintet, Gil Evans Orchestra, Charles Mingus Quintet, Modern Jazz Quartet, Sonny Rollins + 4., Sonny Rollins Quartet, Wes Montgomery Quartet, Miles Davis Sextet, Bill Evans Trio, Cecil Taylor Unit, John Coltrane Quartet, Ornette Coleman Quartet, Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, World Saxophone Quartet

Cecil Taylor All the Notes by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, MVD Entertainment Group

Contents: “…Taylor On Stage at UCLA (2:21) -- At Home with Taylor (3:28) -- Intersection of Music & Culture (3:07) -- Taylor's Influences & Sound (2:25) -- Taylor on Jazz Greats (2:40) -- Taylor On Stage with Derek Bailey (0:55) -- Elvin Jones on Taylor (0:26) -- Taylor as a Mal Waldron Trio Fan (3:21) -- Taylor on Musical Improvisation (1:12) -- Taylor on Reinventing the Scale (3:17) -- Taylor as Music Teacher (2:04) -- Rehearsal & Performance at Mills College (3:14) -- Taylor's Wide Interests & Genius (1:33) -- Taylor's Unique Composition Style (3:08) -- Perspectives on Taylor (2:03) -- Taylor at Lincoln Center (1:45) -- Orchestra Humane Rehearsal (4:28) -- Orchestra Humane Performance (3:33) -- Advice from Sonny Rollins (1:09) -- Taylor's Musical Philosophies (4:36) -- Taylor's Poetry & Percussive Quality (1:31) -- Taylor On Stage & Backstage in Los Angeles (8:11) -- Taylor's Relevance & Challenge to Artists (1:48) -- Taylor On Stage in San Francisco (4:56) -- Taylor's Spiritual Perspective on Life & Music (3:28) -- Credits: Cecil Taylor: All the Notes (1:20)…”
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Alive XV : this one's for Sandy! by UNC Jazz Lab Band I (Musical group)

Maiden voyage : fourteen easy-to-play jazz tunes : Play-a-long book and CD set with melodies, chords, transposed parts for all instrumentalists

Contents: “…CD: Tuning notes -- Impressions / by John Coltrane -- B♭ blues ("Shuffle-time") ; Solar flare / by Jamey Aebersold -- Summertime / by DuBose Hayward & George Gershwin -- Watermelon man / by Herbie Hancock -- Song for my father / by Horace Silver -- Satin doll / by Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer -- Maiden voyage / by Herbie Hancock -- F blues ("Tootsie") / by Jamey Aebersold -- Cantaloupe Island / by Herbie Hancock -- Footprints / by Wayne Shorter -- Doxy / by Sonny Rollins -- Autumn leaves / by Joseph Kosma & Johnny Mercer -- III/VI7/II/V7 / by Jamey Aebersold.…”

Jazz after dark II by Playboy Jazz (Firm)

Contents: “…In a sentimental mood / Ellington (Sonny Rollins) -- Goodbye / G. Jenkins (Cannonball Adderly ; Bill Evans) -- When I fall in love / Young-Heyman (Miles Davis) -- Smoke gets in your eyes / Kern-Harbach (Coleman Hawkins) -- Come rain or come shine / Arlen-Mercer (Art Pepper) -- I fall in love too easily / Cahn-Styne (Gene Harris ; Scott Hamilton) -- Emily / Mandel-Mercer (George Shearing) -- All too soon / Ellington-Sigman (Ellington) -- Born to be blue / Tormé-Wells (Gary Burton) -- I thought about you / Mercer-Van Heusen (Dave Brubeck) -- Alone together / Dietz-Schwartz (Chet Baker) -- What's new / B. …”

Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street