[HN Gopher] Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
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       Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
        
       Author : tintinnabula
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2024-03-21 05:14 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | Pine_Mushroom wrote:
       | I'm a huge Sonny Rollins fan, but admit I'll probably just check
       | this one out at the library. His 2022 biography 'Saxophone
       | Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins' is really
       | excellent though and I would recommend it even to a non-jazz fan.
        
         | leftsaidtim wrote:
         | Would you share a little more why you'd recommend it even for a
         | non-jazz fan ? I assume you mean it would be of interest to
         | music fans more broadly, or because it has applications to
         | interests outside of music ?
        
           | Pine_Mushroom wrote:
           | Absolutely. I meant that he has a great life story, even if
           | he had been a visual artist or an engineer, he is just such a
           | unique character. The book is also an interesting examination
           | of history, the culture in Harlem when Sonny was growing up,
           | and the evolution of popular culture generally. I guess I
           | found it had a certain anthropological value, beyond your run
           | of the mill jazz biography.
        
         | wolverine876 wrote:
         | > I'll probably just check this one out at the library
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         | why?
        
           | Pine_Mushroom wrote:
           | I'm not really a Sonny Rollins 'completest'. The biography I
           | mentioned above has a special place in my personal library;
           | something I expect to revist or lend to a friend. This new
           | book seems a little niche, even for me.
           | 
           | I'm not saying I won't buy it ultimately, but it's not a
           | 'insta-buy'.
        
       | leftsaidtim wrote:
       | https://archive.is/Ao8X8
        
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