The whole creation of jazz is sort of leading toward the ultimate. I'm not trying to be self-aggrandizing here, but I think that the jazz soloist is the pinnacle of what jazz is about.
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There are a lot of jazz musicians, however, who do have to go to Europe and most of their work is in Europe. That's not true for me.Sonny Rollins
There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we had a lot of great innovators, all creating things which will last the world for a long, long time.
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So the people over there have a very advanced appreciation of music and they recognize the power and the beauty and the wonderfulness of jazz.
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My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.
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But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.
Sonny Rollins
I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.
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