Jazz Improv NY

V01N07

Sonny Rollins

CONTENTS

CLUBS, CONCERTS, EVENTS

16 Directory of Clubs, Venues, Music and Record Stores, Schools & Universities

18 Calendar of Events

27 Noteworthy Performances for January

28 Announcements - Upcoming Events; Regular Engagements; Add’l Club and Venue Schedules

COLUMNS

2 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

4 Jazz Club Close-Up: Jazz At Lincoln Center by Eric Frazier

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

6 Banana Puddin’ Jazz Jam (Nuyorican Poets Café)

Django Reinhardt NY Fest (Birdland)

One For All (Smoke)

Bobby Hutcherson (Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola)

Maria Schneider (Jazz Standard)

Oliver Lake-John Hicks Big Band (Jazz Gallery)

Bennie Wallace (Shanghai Jazz)

Joshua Redman (Blue Note)

ARTICLES

12 The Musician’s Real Friend-Pump Audio

14 Printed Song Goes Digital-Sunhawk, by Fran Vincent

FEATURE: Sonny Rollins

47 Feature Photo of Sonny Rollins by Don Ver Ploeg, photographer for the Rochester International Jazz Festival Artistry (For more information on the upcoming 5th Annual Rochester Int’l Jazz Festival visit www.rochesterjazz.com)

48 Sonny, Sonny, Sonny, by Todd Coolman

50 Sonny Rollins: All Rise, by Don Glasgo

52 Book Review: Open Sky-Sonny Rollins & His World of Improvisation, Review: Winthrop Bedford Fascinating Facts about Sonny Rollins

53 CD Review: Sonny Rollins, Without A Song

56 Discography (selected): Sonny Rollins

57 Performing & Recording with Sonny Rollins: Discussions with trombonist Clifton Anderson, pianist Mark Soskin, bassist Larry Ridley

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

30 Lew Tabackin

33 Ada Rovatti

34 Freddie Hubbard (NEA Jazz Masters Award Recipient)

44 Jon Faddis

CD & DVD REVIEWS

35 Ray Barretto

Matt Belzer

Art Blakey

Amanda Carr

George Dulin

Gene Ess

Clare Fischer

Wayne Goins

Onaje Allan Gumbs

Matt Jordan

David Kain

Eugene Marlow

Wynton Marsalis

Monk: The Play

Russ Nolan

SF Jazz Quartet

Doug Ratner

Mark Sherman

Rolf Sturm

Judy Wexler

63 Classified Ads - The Jazz Billboard