“I was getting a lot of publicity for my work at that time, but I wasn’t satisfying my own requirements for what I wanted to do musically,” Sonny Rollins told Guardian jazz critic John ...

The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins begin on the Williamsburg Bridge in 1961. That means they contain nothing about Rollins’ amazing ten year struggle against drugs and law enforcement, booking ...

During that hiatus, he practiced on New York's Williamsburg Bridge. From the new 1959 reissue, here's Rollins in Stockholm playing his anthem, "St. Thomas." (SOUNDBITE OF SONNY ROLLINS' "ST ...

Sonny Rollins is, as the title of his 1957 album ... he practiced for up to 15 hours a day on the Williamsburg Bridge, come rain or come shine. He returned to live performance in 1961, sounding ...

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, by Aidan Levy Two images ... a spot by the abutment of the Williamsburg Bridge, where he played unbothered against the sounds of traffic ...

On Dec. 17, 1951, Sonny Rollins entered a studio for his first ... 1959—during which he practiced alone on New York’s Williamsburg Bridge. (He would take three such long sabbaticals during ...

At the age of 92, Sonny Rollins is‚ as The Village Voice ... 61 when he would make near-daily sojourns to New York’s Williamsburg Bridge in all kinds of weather, stand outside, and just ...

Sonny Rollins returned with The Bridge, and its title track remains one of the most revered recordings in his discography. Practicing for months on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City ...

Aidan Levy's biography of Sonny Rollins runs to over 700 pages ... it seems, by praise. The Williamsburg Bridge episode would not be Rollins' only retreat. His pursuit of musical improvement went hand ...

Almost from the start, Sonny was destined to be ... Instead of going back to school, Rollins found his own “woodshed” on the Williamsburg Bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn—a “beautiful ...