cliffpeterson Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 Last night on Facebook on one group, it was reported that Sonny died. Under "John Coltrane memorial project" on youtube, yesterday an individual has posted a tribute to Sonny while referring to his passing. A French jazz blog appears to confirm Sonny's death: http://jazzaparis.canalblog.com. No details provided. Quote
mjazzg Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 Similar tweeted here https://twitter.com/avantgardejazz/status/1380412834279006210?s=19 Quote
clifford_thornton Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 3 hours ago, mjazzg said: Similar tweeted here https://twitter.com/avantgardejazz/status/1380412834279006210?s=19 yeah, I'm willing to trust Pierre Crépon on this. Sad news. I interviewed him in 2004, fascinating character and one of the great saxophonists to emerge in the 1960s. Quote
JSngry Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 Sonny Simmons….oh my...somebody to always follow...so much playing....RIP and no small love here. Quote
Pim Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 I hope it’s not true but it probably is. Sonny was a giant. A unique saxophone player with a beautiful sound. Quote
felser Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 Sorry to hear this. He was a monster, and will be greatly missed. Shocking and a great disappointment to me that 'Rumasuma' has never been reissued. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted April 9, 2021 Posted April 9, 2021 8 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: yeah, I'm willing to trust Pierre Crépon on this. Sad news. I interviewed him in 2004, fascinating character and one of the great saxophonists to emerge in the 1960s. Do you have a link to the interview? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted April 10, 2021 Posted April 10, 2021 PM me your email. I'm trying not to drive traffic to AAJ, and have reedited it anyway for future publication elsewhere. Quote
Out Front Outback Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Sonny's partner Janet Janke emailed me. Apparently Sonny passed on 4/6. A remarkable lack of web info, considering Sonny's great output. If anyone is interested, I put together a partial sessionography on excel. I'd be happy to share it. Quote
HutchFan Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 30 minutes ago, Out Front Outback said: Sonny's partner Janet Janke emailed me. Apparently Sonny passed on 4/6. A remarkable lack of web info, considering Sonny's great output. If anyone is interested, I put together a partial sessionography on excel. I'd be happy to share it. Out Front - It would be great if you could just copy-and-paste the info right in this thread. I'd be interested in seeing it. Quote
BeBop Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Sonny often used to play outside the window of my San Fransisco office (1982-1986). I, a dude in a suit, chatted with him a few times. After a while, he recognized me, but I was pretty self conscious about being a guy in a suit. I'm so glad to have gotten to hear him there and later in concert. Quote
felser Posted April 16, 2021 Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 9:21 PM, HutchFan said: Out Front - It would be great if you could just copy-and-paste the info right in this thread. I'd be interested in seeing it. Me too! Quote
Out Front Outback Posted April 16, 2021 Posted April 16, 2021 Dr. Funkenstein - still working on it. also note part one of Sonny Simmons tribute last night on Out Front, Outback on kzsc.org. Decided to go chronologically and only made it to Burning Spirits, so at least (!) a part 2 next week. https://spinitron.com/KZSC/show/65044/Out-Front-Outback Quote
Out Front Outback Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 Here's an update on the Sonny Simmons discography I threw together... not complete, but more than I've found out and about. attached sonny simmons - Larry's sessionography.xlsx Quote
Niko Posted April 28, 2021 Posted April 28, 2021 thanks! fwiw here are archive links to the discography which used to be on Simmons' homepage https://web.archive.org/web/20160324114640/http://sonnysimmons.org/disco1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160324113425/http://sonnysimmons.org/disco2.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160317184258/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/disco3.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160324111823/http://sonnysimmons.org/disco4.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160324113153/http://sonnysimmons.org/disco5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160730190227/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/disco6.htm didn't check for discrepancies (but did notice it's more detailed e.g. in the 70s but possibly less detailed towards the end) Quote
Out Front Outback Posted May 27, 2021 Posted May 27, 2021 Nikko, this obviously went a lot farther than I was able to get.... nice you were able to snag it though original hello world site appears to be gone. for some reason page 6 does not load. Thanks again! Quote
Niko Posted May 27, 2021 Posted May 27, 2021 This version of p.6 should work better https://web.archive.org/web/20111105061531/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/disco6.htm it's a pity the webpage is gone, it was a good one, here are some more linksto subpages: Articles about Barbara Donald, Bert Wilson and Prince Lasha https://web.archive.org/web/20081228191238/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/donald.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20081228190749/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/wilson.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20081228191255/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/lasha.htm Simmons bio: https://web.archive.org/web/20081228123524/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/bio.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090101053605/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/bio2.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090101053611/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/bio3.htm main page: https://web.archive.org/web/20081228120419/http://www.sonnysimmons.org/index.html Quote
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