Sonny Rollins reflects on his life.

[Hardbopjazz]

Sonny Rollins Reflects on His Life, Career, and Goals, Both Musical and Spiritual

"Legacy is the last thing I would ever want to think about. I want to do more."
Sonny Rollins

Looking every inch a silver-maned patriarch of Biblical grandeur, Sonny Rollins, the 84-year-old genius of the jazz tenor saxophone, was especially elated last weekend to receive an honorary doctor of music degree from the University of Hartford at graduation ceremonies on its West Hartford campus.

Sure, the Grammy Award-winning Rollins probably already has a warehouse full of prestigious awards earned over his remarkable, nearly seven-decade career in which he has clearly established himself as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, most exultantly celebratory, thematic improviser in jazz history. Among Rollins’s countless coveted prizes is the Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest honor for artistic excellence, awarded to him personally by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House....

Full article can be found here.

http://wnpr.org/post/sonny-rollins-reflects-his-life-career-and-goals-both-musical-and-spiritual

Wow, this must have been something to witness.

"Years later after Sugar Hill, Jackie and I lived close to each other again down on the Lower East Side. In fact, Jackie even went up on the Williamsburg Bridge with me, at least once, maybe more,” Rollins said of when he practiced endless hours at night on the Williamsburg Bridge.

[jcam_44]

good read. having seen him a few years back, although a short set, transcendent is an applicable description.

[fasstrack]

Yes, a good read. Thanks for posting.