Open Sky - Sonny Rollins

Softcover
216 pgs.
Da Capo Press, Publ.

Renowned jazz writer Eric Nisenson has penned a rare look at one of modern jazz's brightest stars, the incomparable master of improvisation Sonny Rollins. One of the most influential tenor saxophonists in jazz, Rollins began his career at the age of eleven, and five years later was playing with the legendary Thelonious Monk. By twenty-one Rollins was recording with such jazz luminaries as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Fats Navarro. Compiled with Rollins's full participation, "Open Sky" is the first in-depth biography about this extraordinary musician.