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Sonny Rollins was probably the last great player from the bebop age though who was there at its birth, and probably the last master who played with Charlie Park
by bananaboy 5mo ago
Sonny Rollins was probably the last great player from the bebop age though who was there at its birth, and probably the last master who played with Charlie Parker too!
Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock are still going strong of course, and still brilliant. George Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland are all still playing to pick some other names at random.
- boarsofcanada 5mo agoJack DeJohnette died in October.
- bananaboy 5mo agoOh crap I completely missed that! Boo!
- dhosek 5mo agoI have to admit, I was a little surprised to discover that Rollins was still alive. You tend to assume that giants like him are all in the distant past, not still walking the earth.
- bananaboy 5mo agoYeah I know what you mean! I’m so thankful we can still go see Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock.
- dhosek 5mo agoyou just got me to go to https://www.herbiehancock.com/tour/ https://www.herbiehancock.com/tour/ and https://roncarterjazz.com/pages/ron-carter-performance-schedule-and-tickets https://roncarterjazz.com/pages/ron-carter-performance-sched... They’re playing together at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September. Bit of a stretch to go to that, but I might go to Indianapolis to see Herbie in August.