Great sound, great underwater video, and who knew accordion could sound so hip. Love the contrasts in the Radiohead-reminiscent bridge – tone color, tempo, rhythmic styling.
Sonny Rollins is 80 years old. So glad he’s still thriving and playing.
No one sings with a saxophone like Sonny Rollins. His sound is infinite and rich. His musical language is a Shakespeare soliloquy. When I was a student in Boston I would go to the Jazz Workshop on Boylston Street whenever one of the jazz greats came to town. One night, one ticket, one drink I’d self-consciously sip hoping the wait staff wouldn’t bug me to buy more. But when Sonny came to town, I went every single night. I got there early and sat right next to the stage and basked in that sound and those solos. He was playing with Matsuo on guitar and I’m sorry to say I don’t remember the other musicians’ names. He played St. Thomas and Doxy and so many beautiful ballads – A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square and his own version of Debussy’s Reverie, including this tune A House is Not a Home.
Those days are gone for good. Sky rocketing real estate drove all the music clubs out of business.