This is 29-year-old Sonny Rollins with just bass and drums playing "Weaver of Dreams" in the Netherlands in the Singer Theatre in the small town of Laren in 1959. The bassist is Henry Grimes and the drummer is Pete LaRoca, and there was a television broadcast at the time.
@bsshh
11 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins is truly A Surgeon of The Tenor Saxophone!!!
@jerrybauer8108
8 жыл бұрын
One of the first live concerts I saw in person
@elijahfreeman6940
3 жыл бұрын
I am so jealous of that...this is easily one of the best live ballad performances ever!!
@nastynate838
3 жыл бұрын
wow! how was it
@jean-lucpernel2202
3 жыл бұрын
lucky you ! je n'ai jamais eu la chance de le voir en concert c'est pourtant l'un de mes preferés !!!
@PepperWilliams_songcovers
11 жыл бұрын
This is an example of How to play the saxophone!!!! You can always tell when someone knows their way around the 'changes'......no piano is necessary. Sonny keeps the theme intact throughout. This interpretation matches up with Coltrane's version as being two of the best instrumental versions ever!!!!!
@archimboldic.4318
4 жыл бұрын
Sonny was like a drummer on the sax his rhytmic approach is so unique
@wyndhleodumegwu253
8 жыл бұрын
So different, so unique; This is the inimitable Sonny Rollins - beauty of tonal sound-voice as well as melodic and harmonic approaches.
@simonsays525
13 жыл бұрын
Sonny's sound is so pure, and listen to that huge bass.
@worsley1000
11 жыл бұрын
There Will NEVER Be Another You, Mr. ROLLINS!!!
@saxyvinny
11 жыл бұрын
I think the best part of this performance is how the whole trio is pulling a Miles and playing with their backs to the audience, like a Jazz Boss!
@jrbeckman2194
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it was Miles who was pulling a Sonny? Rollins actually made it big before Miles -- in 1956 with Saxophone Colossus and his recordings with Monk. Miles didn't really break out until a year later with his first quintet. Ironically, Sonny was in the first iteration of that quintet in 1955 until Miles replaced him with Trane. Sonny of course was a far superior player over Trane in every way.
@TremendousSax
10 жыл бұрын
Sonny really makes these standards his own. One of the few horn players with enough melodic and rhythmic inventiveness to adequately carry a drummer and bassist without more harmonic support.
@golds04
2 жыл бұрын
Henry. So special.
@rememberourmusic440
5 жыл бұрын
Happy 88th Birthday to Sonny Rollins September 7, 2018
@rememberourmusic440
5 жыл бұрын
Happy 88th Birthday to Sonny Rollins September 7, 2018
@binghiboi8004
4 жыл бұрын
My Son Isaiah's first Concert. Pritzker Pavilion In Chicago at 3. He Sings like a Bird. Sonny is Life. Praises unto the Most High, Igziabeher...
@funkysax2002
13 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Notice the Selmer Mk VI with the Fl. Otto link super tone master mouthpiece. Signature set up! Now that's the sound we all want!
@pepperwilliams4428
7 жыл бұрын
Perfect solo in every detail!!!! And love those eye glasses:)
@cthewind
7 жыл бұрын
Pensive. Beautiful.
@jazzuffe
13 жыл бұрын
Detta är bland det bästa som finns med Sonny Rollins, Fruktansvärt bra!
@thebritandtheyank3821
5 жыл бұрын
Sonny seems subdued, yet investigating and exploring as only Sonny Rollins could! Amongst my few regrets; not taking every opportunity to hear Sonny Rollins back in the day. I'll take this gift over and over though, gladly.
@Obeliskeyes
12 жыл бұрын
can't explain...so full of light...
@doko73
11 жыл бұрын
Damn, that's a SMOOTH brotha.....
@Blogjenet
10 жыл бұрын
Recorded in the Singer theater in Laren, The Netherlands.
@amicamusica
9 жыл бұрын
You might have mentioned that the bassist is the great Henry Grimes (age 23 at the time) and the drummer is Pete LaRoca. Pete was replaced by Joe Harris a bit later on on the tour.
@skiddoo-fr9ex
7 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if it was that or Harris just sat in or played one gig, or what. We find LaRoca on the tour before and after Harris, and by the end of the tour there is a set in Paris with Kenny Clarke!
@epasurr
12 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@ottottojazz
13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful...
@johnjung-simard3234
3 жыл бұрын
Man, this is beautiful!
@DayneReedy
2 жыл бұрын
Love this
@jay1beaux
11 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful
@JonDeLucia
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Henry Grimes and Pete LaRoca
@TheFunkdubs
10 жыл бұрын
outstanding
@jangunnarolsen5946
8 жыл бұрын
Lovely!
@ToineThys
7 жыл бұрын
an old time favorite. Who cool can one be ?
@al21122
12 жыл бұрын
Great stuff!
@patatra
15 жыл бұрын
Yeah This Video Comeback Again , i'm in love !
@PepperWilliams_songcovers
14 жыл бұрын
Sonny looks F****** awesome!
@chichihoho1971
13 жыл бұрын
Goodness. Henry Grimes on bass. He was around 24 years old but he looks like he's about 14.
@richardwolter2368
10 жыл бұрын
Listening to this I'm going to have a tall night cap...
@VictoriaCastillolaloka
6 жыл бұрын
It reminds of baby its cold outside, specially in the start @0:09 it sounds like when she says: "My mother will start to worry"
@JoanSubiratsLlaveria
5 жыл бұрын
Yes! Haha :)
@erginyilmaztenor
7 жыл бұрын
full of feeling
@adamwsadberry
12 жыл бұрын
I like Sonny's playing in this video more than I like it when he started to get older.
@guitalemao
14 жыл бұрын
ty ...
@seanjazzguitar
4 жыл бұрын
He said more in 4 minutes than most cats can say in 4 years
@user-ze6mh8fg1k
7 ай бұрын
Just…. So good. I’m weeping right now, the state of music now compared to this. Can’t even get this on Spotify.
@01warmus
5 ай бұрын
At least its on spotify now, just got it in my release radar and now here I am. So full of feeling
@jjttwig
Ай бұрын
Beautiful Henry Grimes
@satziebaby
12 жыл бұрын
gorgeous...listen to trane playing the same tune...delicious
@Marlernx
12 жыл бұрын
This shit is sublime
@salsrl
13 жыл бұрын
It was enough to say, Sonny!
@doko73
12 жыл бұрын
My homie....
@giavaro36
4 жыл бұрын
Questa è una delle tante facce musicali del grandissimo sassofonista(forse,assieme e Coltrane,il più grande di tutti!_chiedendo scusa solo a Charlie Parker,che pure è un grandissimo,a parte!). Ma verràdopo questo periodo il vero Rollins,potente e impos-sibile da contenere per energia musicale e creatività di suoni coinvolgenti! Straordinario! Non avremo piùà sassofonisti del genere nel futuro,quando sarà scomparso(lunga vita,eh!!!!)?
@MsSalenai
12 жыл бұрын
very handsome and he still has a head full of hair
@rickygervais1776
12 жыл бұрын
Build soul. Train ears. Got it. Great advice! Please tell me who else is good and who isn't so I can adjust my record collection according to your tastes. Thanks!
@RAMLIA1
11 жыл бұрын
♥♥♥
@ivanmachado6675
11 жыл бұрын
a simplicidade da sofis ticação
@billyretrogamer
12 жыл бұрын
Fucking amazing.
@walterhayley7252
8 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what tune Sonny was playing on the old Pioneer "Brings them back alive" commercial?
@helluvagun
9 жыл бұрын
Henry Grimes-b, Pete la Roca-d
@coajrmusic
11 жыл бұрын
Dizzy's little brother...lol..... Good sax man, on the real.
@naylamptheater
3 жыл бұрын
Sonny host the powerful soul of Charlie, the sweet of Hawkins, the cool of Young and prodigy of Rollins
@xxxtincho
13 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Someone knows why they are not facing the audience?
@Russgershon
13 жыл бұрын
kenny clarke played some dates on that tour, but I don't think that's him on drums
@roli112233
7 жыл бұрын
9 my fungii valentine
@ManuelRequena
3 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know why they're not facing the audience when performing this piece? Is it for visual aesthetics? Id be great to know! :)
@blackholeofnothing8940
5 жыл бұрын
it's interesting...
@jiyujizai
2 жыл бұрын
🌱💙🌸😃
@worsley1000
13 жыл бұрын
there will Never be another YOU>>>SONNY ROLLINS
@queenkay82
10 жыл бұрын
Very nice and I did't know Jay-z played bass 3:03. LOL
@emilram
7 жыл бұрын
Henry Grimes,sucker.
@JeffGR4
11 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how some of the youtube comments claim that Sonny Rollins looks like Kid Cudi. The youtubers get fooled by the glasses and hair style. If anything, Kid Cudi resembles the double bass player.
@TheEldrina
13 жыл бұрын
@xxxtincho It might have been a "bowl style" theater with the audience all around
@bobdownes162
6 жыл бұрын
If one was to listen to this Blindfold, it could easily beleive he was playing a hard rubber mouthpiece and not a metal one. (probably an Otto Link) Think the reed is at least a 3* 'cos I notice the very low tones are not sub - toned. But quite fat all the same. (Getz played a 4* which made his low notes kinda 'Fuffy') (Saxist)
@user-iq9tf4qf6c
2 жыл бұрын
若いですよね~☺️🎷
@DarthClam
8 жыл бұрын
Henry Grimes!!!
@EleazarOctavioRuizSpreafico
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@TomasMikaX
13 жыл бұрын
Who is the bass player? He looks incredibly young.
@tstorer
13 жыл бұрын
Who's the drummer?
@kingjaron123
12 жыл бұрын
@flyprincedoom No, Cudi looks like Rollins!
@ChromaticSam
12 жыл бұрын
Kid Cudi wishes he was half the man Rollins is.
@juanmat68
13 жыл бұрын
@xxxtincho Looks to me like the audience might be all around them
@christianparkess5015
Жыл бұрын
2:00 What!?!?!?!
@customkey
4 жыл бұрын
Henry Grimes RIP
@guitalemao
14 жыл бұрын
someoene knows who is the bassist?
@Henryfernandezmusic
7 жыл бұрын
The cat
@leonardseed7717
11 жыл бұрын
PETE LAROCA THE GREAT ONE, WHO HAS PASSED!
@lucadantiga5316
3 жыл бұрын
Qualcuno sa come sta il vecchio Sonny, a 90 anni?!
@dieselman723
11 жыл бұрын
kid cudi, wow
@musiclongboard777
11 жыл бұрын
Kid Cudi looks like Rollins ;)
@kanedallan
12 жыл бұрын
@flyprincedoom ... so how old is kid cudi?
@trollzbunny
10 жыл бұрын
:P
@ianhendersonjazz
12 жыл бұрын
Or adjust your record collection according to...someone with soul and trained ears.
@MrPartidoalto
12 жыл бұрын
Build some soul and ear training. It does wonders.
@drummonddominguez-kincanno7512
11 жыл бұрын
You mean Kid Cudi looks like Rollins
@javijazztazz
14 жыл бұрын
I Think It's Henry Grimes
@brainsareus
12 жыл бұрын
now, does that audience look "excited" ? i hate to see a shot of an audience, when they seem to be oblivious to what is going on, on stage ? sonny is just too brilliant for that bullshit!
@benflood36
12 жыл бұрын
@flyprincedoom Kid Cudi looks like Sonny Rollins
@rickygervais1776
12 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins just never did it for me. Always sounds cold, flat and stiff.
@OttoGomora
4 жыл бұрын
Ur cold and stiff Ricky gervais
@yadrummer11
12 жыл бұрын
Kid Cudi looks like Rollins..
@flyprincedoom
12 жыл бұрын
Rollins looks like Kid Cudi lol
@megajames3000
11 жыл бұрын
You mean Kid Cudi looks like Rollins.
@rinahall
Жыл бұрын
I just listened to a 10h French podcast radio show on Sonny Rollins (yes, 10x 1h, covering 1951-2001!!!). A torture, but I'm like that, I dive into an artist and I listen to everything, or almost. To have my own opinion. My opinion of Rollins is that he seems very overrated to me. First of all as a player, he does not seem to me better than Johnny Griffin, Sonny Stitt, Roland Kirk, Phil Woods, Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Hank Mobley... but enjoys a much greater notoriety... and unjustified in my opinion. Ok he plays well, but not better in my opinion than the musicians above. At the level of the composition, he did not compose anything, everyone knows that his hit ''St Thomas'' is a Caribbean folklore already recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title ''Fire Down There''. His ''Tenor Madness'' is a composition by Kenny Clarke published in 1947 under the title ''Rue Chaptal''. His other compositions from the 50s... well, Oleo, Airegin etc... it can in no way be compared to the compositions of Trane, Bird, Monk or Shorter... Moreover, his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years). Something happened on that bridge, he lost his mind. He seems to have been traumatized by the arrival of Ornette, Trane, Ayler... In the 60s he tried to be freer than Ayler, more calypso/blues than Ornette, and more mystical than Trane, but without succeeding because so superficial... Then in the 70s/80s he tried his hand at funk, disco... with really ridiculous and corny results... Did he want to be funkier than James Brown himself? More disco than Chic and Nile Rodgers? Also, on the radio show, they say he was paid today's $300,000 for himself to record the Nucleus album (listen to the result!!!!), and that for his concerts, his Financial claims were unrealistic, only big festivals could afford it. He played with the Stones but didn't want to tour with them because, according to Mike Jagger himself, he wanted too much money! I am not making anything up here. On ''SAIS'' from the ''Horn Culture'' album, one example among many, just picking up a random piece between 1966 and 2001....It's a shame. He plays out of tune, out of rhythm, with an absolutely disgusting sound. It is a lack of respect towards himself, the other musicians and the listener. No normally constituted musician would have agreed to let this recording be released. The problem with Rollins is that EVERYTHING IS LIKE THIS after 1966. He even said himself that he was high on marijuana when he recorded his solo album ''Soloscope'' at the Museum of Modern Art. from NYC...Also listen to the result, it's ridiculous and disrespectful towards the listeners...In a blindfold test published in downbeat in 2006, he doesn't recognize ANY saxophonist, even taking James Carter for Don Byas! Totally mind-blowing and revealing! In conclusion Sonny Rollins is for me the archetype of a narcissistic complacency encouraged by the fans and the milieu which has placed him on a throne since 1956 and his (very average) album ''saxophone colossus''. You have to be quite arrogant to glorify yourself as a ''saxophone colossus'' at 26 years old when BIRD had just died the previous year.
@anthonywilliams6764
Ай бұрын
This track is disappointing on account of the corny schoolboy chords that Henry Grimes has chosen to work into the tune. The tune contains half diminished precursors to the major sevenths, and these are ignored or replaced with diminished versions which are child like and which are jarring against Rollins superb solo. There is no excuse for this, as both Adderley and Coltrane were showing the way in those early days.
@coltoncrawfordjazz
11 жыл бұрын
Another reason why jazz is irrelevant now, pulling a-hole moves like that, how disrespectful :(
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