R.I.P. Sonny Rollins
May. 25th, 2026 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fabrisseThe Guardian's obituary is here: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/26/sonny-rollins-jazz-saxophone-dies-aged-95
I don't think Dad owned a single album of his and yet we had so many songs by him. He worked with so many of Dad's favorite musicians. We had Sonny Rollins playing with the Modern Jazz Quartet on two different albums. Art Farmer and Thelonius Monk and Duets with Dizzy Gillespie were all part of walking into my Dad's office while he was working. In Belgium, they were just things we put on the record player on weekend afternoons.
I never saw him live, but I know that he's still a part of my past.
I don't think Dad owned a single album of his and yet we had so many songs by him. He worked with so many of Dad's favorite musicians. We had Sonny Rollins playing with the Modern Jazz Quartet on two different albums. Art Farmer and Thelonius Monk and Duets with Dizzy Gillespie were all part of walking into my Dad's office while he was working. In Belgium, they were just things we put on the record player on weekend afternoons.
I never saw him live, but I know that he's still a part of my past.
