Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins - Sam V. H. Reese

An Illuminating Selection Of Writings On A Wide Variety Of Topicsmdash;everything From Technique, Music Theory, And Daily Routine To Spirituality And Systemic Racismmdash;from The Personal Journals Of Sonny Rollins, Master Of The Tenor Saxophone And Jazzrsquo;s Greatest Living Improviserrdquo; ( The York Times ). Sonny Rollins Is One Of The Towering Masters Of American Music, A Virtuoso Of The Saxophone, And An Unequaled Improviser Whose Live Performances Are Legendary And Who Has Reshaped Modern Jazz Time And Time Again Over The Course Of A Career Lasting More Than Sixty Years. A Turning Point In That Legendary Career Came In 1959, When Rollins Stepped Back From Performing And Recording To Begin A Regime Of Musical Exploration, Which Saw Him Practicing For Hours, Sometimes All Through The Night, On The Williamsburg Bridge.