Donald Byrd’s 1974’s jazz-funk fusion classic ‘Stepping Into Tomorrow’ returns on vinyl on July 18 through Blue Note’s ...

I feel an intense purpose of bringing people together through music, and that’s all I can hope for.” There aren’t many quotes ...

During high school he played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk Jr. (the tenor saxophonist ... reissue label Mosaic Records back in 1983. From its inception, vinyl was still the ...

Growing up in 1940s Harlem, Sonny Rollins idolized swing-era heavyweights like Coleman Hawkins and jump-blues saxophonists like Louis Jordan. But when he heard Charlie Parker and the torrid ...

When told that a few of his band’s new songs, particularly the shimmering, laid-back single “Your Direction,” have a distinctive 1970s West Coast soft-rock vibe, Goose guitarist, singer and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You never really hear Sonny Rollins for the first time—you feel him. Maybe it’s in the way his saxophone dances like it’s got something to say, or maybe it’s that ...

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A piece that was a turning point for Francis was his profile of tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins titled "An Improvisor Prepares." After it was rejected by the magazine that greenlighted it ...

Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a spectacular turn-based combat game. Listen: Enjoy five minutes of Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus.” Plan: Here are 13 Off Broadway shows to see ...

Former All-Star Rich Rollins passed away this week at age 87, according to multiple reports. A third baseman, he spent the majority of his career with the Twins in the 1960s. Rollins was born a ...