VIDEO: Sonny Rollins Williamsburg Bridge 1968

[JSngry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmlrsWuNt0c

Anybody know/know about this documentary?

[Hardbopjazz]

Yes I do. It is a BBC Documentary. I will check later and let you know the BBC channel the broadcast was from.

[Morganized]

I am not familiar with the other tenor player mentioned in the piece.

Any background on him?

Interesting video. Thanks Jim.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh god, sonnys not gonna jump off the bridge, is he?

[Hardbopjazz]

I am not familiar with the other tenor player mentioned in the piece.

Any background on him?

Interesting video. Thanks Jim.

The other tenor player is Paul Jeffrey

The station was on (Broadcast BBC 2)

[JSngry]

Wow...I was totally unfamiliar with any of this...1968 is right at the beginning of (or just before, depending on how you look at it) the last "isolation". A severely under-documented period.

Thanks for the info!

[sidewinder]

The Williamsburg footage the BBC used was originally on one of the Rhapsody Films releases, I think.

Last time I was in NYC I walked across the bridge and think I located the spot where he plonked his tenor case down.

Edited November 12, 2009 by sidewinder

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

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[Late]

It's back up.