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Follow on Google News | Sonny Rollins’ 80th Birthday Concert Sunday, April 18, 2010 Boston Symphony Hall“The last jazz immortal” --THE VILLAGE VOICE
By: Sue Auclair When Sonny Rollins picks up the tenor saxophone, the world listens. For over half a century, he has played music uniquely his own, and today remains one of the few surviving icons from a golden era of jazz that may never be equaled. Rollins, whose birthdate is September 7, 1930, first recorded in 1949 and was recognized as one of the most promising, spontaneous, and creative tenor players on the jazz scene, sought after by Miles, Monk, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. Rollins last performed in Boston on April 6, 2007 at Symphony Hall and recorded "Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert" on September 15, 2001 at the Berklee Performance Center just four days after the attacks on the United States. As the most formidable of all jazz improvisers, Sonny remains a living inspiration to musicians and listeners worldwide. Since his return to the scene full time, a number of years ago, he has maintained a steady program of carefully chosen performances and recordings, each one illuminating why, as the Village Voice so aptly put it, he is “the last jazz immortal.” Absolutely Live Entertainment (ALE) is a festival, tour and concert production company specializing in jazz, and led by industry veteran Danny Melnick. Recently in Boston, ALE produced the 25th anniversary concert of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette at Boston Symphony Hall, the 75th birthday concert for Wayne Shorter at Berklee Performance Center and the reunion of the Gary Burton Quartet featuring Pat Metheny at Berklee Performance Center. Melnick proudly serves as the Artistic Director of “The Shape of Jazz,” a jazz series presented by Carnegie Hall now in its 7th season and is the producing partner and Artistic Director of the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York, which will take place on June 26 & 27, 2010. Further information on ALE can be found online at absolutelylive.net. # # # Sue Auclair Promotions is a full service public relations and publicity firm located in the Boston area and specializing in music, the arts and entertainment . For more information, check us out on the web at http://www.sueauclairpromotions.com End
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