Art Blakey during his A Night In Tunisia session, August 7 1960 (photo by Francis Wolff)

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Art Blakey during his A Night In Tunisia session, August 7 1960 (photo by Francis Wolff)

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The Record Covers of Sonny Rollins
Here’s to a legend, and the last of his era.
Sonny Rollins, September 7, 1930 - May 25, 2026
Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)
Word came through yesterday that Sonny Rollins had passed away at the age of 95 — a titan of 20th century music, a real American hero, a wonderfully strange person who shared so much with us over the course of a long life. There's so much to dig into when it comes to Sonny, whether it's his 60+ year discography, the fascinating recent biography by Aidan Levy, or his revealing notebooks, which NYRB published in 2024. Decades upon decades in search of some elusive perfection, a combination of notes and rhythm that passes beyond all understanding. A holy sound.
One of my favorite Sonny situations is a late 1960s BBC doc that you can watch on Vimeo. Entitled Who Is Sonny Rollins?, it follows Sonny from the Williamsburg Bridge to a New Jersey forest, the camerawork evocative and intimate, Rollins’ playing always imaginative and inspiring. Best of all is an extended sequence that shows Sonny showing up at a youth jazz band rehearsal in Harlem. He seems as serious playing a wild, almost atonal blues with the kids as he'd be at Lincoln Center. Who was Sonny Rollins? I don't know, but he was amazing.
Sonny Says: [I]t’s a journey because I haven’t felt comfortable to say that I’ve reached my goal. If I did, I’d be happy—maybe I wouldn’t be happy; maybe then I’d be sad because I wouldn’t have anything to strive for. But it hasn’t happened ... I still feel that I haven’t gotten to what I want to get to. I’m really hoping that I get there, but there’s no doubt in my mind that I haven’t done enough. I haven’t gotten to something that I know is there.
Sonny Rollins - What Is There to Say (1957)
Sonny Clark’s first New York City recording session was a very successful date with another, slightly better-known Sonny.
Fave of faves. RIP Mr. Rollins.
John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins in Jazz (dir. Ken Burns, 2000)

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A piano after a performance at the Cincinnati World Piano Competition.
From left: Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams in front.
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Louis Armstrong wasn’t wrong; this trombone solo is deathless.
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why didnt they teach me this in my jazz lectures
As I recall from the documentary “Thelonious Monk, American Composer,” Monk chose “Sphere” because he didn’t want anyone to think he was “square.”

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To all my tumblrers out there, this one’s for you.
Re-upping this playlist for all those who, like me, experience the visceral pain of bad music every holiday season.
John Coltrane backstage at Stanford University in 1966 a few months before his death (photo by Jim Marshall)
HBD John Coltrane.
Lee Morgan - The Procrastinator (1967)
This record is a late 60s emerald that languished in the Blue Note vaults, to be dusted off in the 80s via Michael Cuscuna’s meticulous archiving. The session reveals a remarkable gathering of players that included 3/5ths of Miles Davis’ second great quintet: Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan, reprising their frontline status with the Jazz Messengers, and a rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, vibist Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter and Blue Note house drummer Billy Higgins. This band, on any other day, is an all-time all-star event, but for (likely commercial) reasons that will remain with producer Alfred Lion, the session was summarily shelved.
The Hancock solo deserved a better fate!
Happy birthday to Lee Morgan, one of the greatest to ever pick up a trumpet.
Hank Mobley during his A Caddy for Daddy session, Englewood Cliffs NJ, December 18, 1965 (photo by Francis Wolff)
HBD to a ringer…
Hank Mobley - Venus Di Mildew (1965)
Re-entering the music scene after serving time on drug charges, Mobley made a triumphant return to Blue Note with three classic recordings in 1965: The Turnaround, Dippin’, and A Caddy for Daddy.
I’ve looked for a better version of this Wayne Shorter tune but have yet to find one.
Happy birthday, Hank.

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Hey y’all,
Tonight, I honor America’s greatest jazz pianist with a playlist of jazz standards by the inimitable Thelonious Monk.
When you hear him play a standard, you’ll never hear it the same way again.