The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sonny Rollins.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 30 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2016.113 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Rollins, Sonny, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Cole, Harriette, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Sonny Rollins |
| Portion of title | Sonny Rollins |
| Abstract | Jazz composer and saxophonist Sonny Rollins was born on September 7, 1930 in New York City. Rollins compositions Oleo, Airegin, and Doxy, recorded on Miles Davis' Bag's Groove (1954), all became jazz standards. Rollins recorded the massively acclaimed album Saxophone Colossus in 1956, which included his composition St. Thomas, based upon a calypso sung by his mother. He pioneered the use of bass and drums, without piano, as accompaniment for saxophone solos in 1957, and released Freedom Suite in 1958, which denounced African Americans' dehumanization. Following a musical sabbatical spent playing on the Williamsburg Bridge, Rollins released The Bridge (1962) and East Broadway Run Down (1962), a noted free jazz experiment. He studied yoga at an Indian ashram during another sabbatical from 1969 to 1971. An environmental advocate, Rollins released Global Warming in 1998. Rollins recorded over sixty albums in his name and received numerous honors, including several Grammy Awards. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Harriette Cole, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Woodstock, New York 2016 December 3. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2016.113 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |