Hardbopjazz Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 Getting my ticket tomorrow. Don't want to miss this. Someone who has some insight told me he will play with different musicans for this concerts. Not that I dislike his current band, but Sonny is leagues above the rest of his band. Bobby Broom colse close. I hope Sonny chooses to use an upright bass for this concert too. Sonny Rollins Returns to the Beacon Theatre Friday, September 10, His First NYC Concert in Three Years Rollins & His Oleo Productions to Present the Concert, "Sonny Rollins @80 -- A Celebration with Special Guests" Sonny Rollins will present a special concert at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, September 10 at 8:00 pm. The concert, "Sonny Rollins @80 - A Celebration with Special Guests," comes three days after the jazz legend's 80th birthday. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m. Rollins's last New York concert was at Carnegie Hall on September 18, 2007, which marked the 50th anniversary of his Carnegie debut. He last played the Beacon in 1995. "The Beacon Theatre is one of my favorite venues in the world," says Rollins. "It's great to be coming back after such a long absence. I hope to see you there." Other than the West Coast dates now in progress (Seattle, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Davis), and a June 12 performance at the Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, VT, "Sonny Rollins @80" will be Rollins's only U.S. appearance for the remainder of 2010. (Tours of Japan and Europe are booked for the fall and winter.) Sonny plans to announce personnel details for the Beacon event in August. Ticket prices are $120, $85, $65, $40, and $35, online at www.beacontheatre.com; or at the Beacon Theatre box office at 2124 Broadway between West 74th and 75th Streets (Mon-Sat. 11:00 am-7:00 pm). Tickets are also available through www.ticketmaster.com. (A $4.50 ticket surcharge will be applied.) For general information, call 212-465-6500. Sonny Rollins Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Quote
Free For All Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 Sounds like it will be a great night! I'll be curious to hear who the "guests" are. Quote
Free For All Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 I'm thinking about who it would be cool to have as guests. How about a reunion of the 1964 Now's The Time band- Herbie, Ron Carter and Roy McCurdy? Lots of possibilities for guests.....hmmm....... Quote
JSngry Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 The only reunion I thing would have really "mattered" would have been Sonny & Max...too late for that now... Sure would be nice if they could find David Lee somewhere, though... Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Posted May 13, 2010 Grimes and Hall were two names someone told me that were flying around. I have no way of confirming that. Also, and this is just my thoughts, how about the musicians from the Bridge. That would be Hall, Crenshaw and Riley. The only reunion I thing would have really "mattered" would have been Sonny & Max...too late for that now... Sure would be nice if they could find David Lee somewhere, though... Yeah, David Lee would be nice to hear again on drums. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Posted May 20, 2010 I heard that one part of the concert will be a trio with Rollins, Roy Haynes and Christian McBride. The same trio from Sonny's 2007 Carnegie Hall concert. A friend of mine was having a conversation with Christian and he confirmed that Sonny has asked him to be apart of the concert, and that Sonny was trying to get Haynes too. Man, I would love to see these three go into the studio and put out an album(CD). For now, I settle for the concert. Quote
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