WHAT A YEAR!
34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony Broadcast with US TV Tuesday, December 27th
Sonny Rollins iPhone App Ver 2.0 on iTunes
Hear Sonny along with Cornell West as well as Tavis Smiley
Grammy Nominations: "Road Shows, Vol. 2" - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Sonnymoon to get Two" (And JazzTimes Album of the Year)
Listen/Download Excerpts
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Sonny's Oral History
On February 28, 2011, Larry Appelbaum conducted some sort of video occupation interview with Sonny Rollins for that Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Project.
Photo: Ruth DavidSONNY ROLLINS ONE OF 10 RECIPIENTS OF 2010 NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins ended up being considered one of ten honorees which attained the particular the year 2010 National Medal of Arts for unsettled achievements in addition to help belonging to the arts. The presentation has been made on March 2 by way of President Barack Obama around an East Room service along at the White House.
I m very satisfied that will jazz, the best American music, can be being regarded by means of this kind of honor, and also I m gracious to simply accept this award with respect to the gods connected with your music, Mr. Rollins mentioned with your award.
The National Medal of Arts recipients represent the countless vibrant along with numerous art kinds booming inside America, mentioned NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. Sonny Rollins melodic sensibilities, playing style, and solos have happy audiences and motivated generations of band members regarding about thirty five several years and I work with the President and the land in saluting him.
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