Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (DVD) Sonny Rollins Lucille Rollins

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Sonny Rollins - Saxophone ColossusFormat: DVDCondition: NewNumber Of Discs: 1Release Date: 08/04/2017Actors: Sonny Rollins, Lucille Rollins, Heikki Sarmanto, Francis Davis, Gary GiddinsDirector: Robert MuggeAudio Language: EnglishRuntime: 1 hour and 41 minutesRegion Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)Studio: Mug Shot ProductionsDescription: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Enor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, a feature-length portrait of Rollins, named after one of his most celebrated albums. The project began in May of that year when Mugge and a small crew accompanied Sonny and Lucille Rollins to Tokyo, Japan where the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra premiered his Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra with Heikki Sarmanto of Finland conducting and Rollins himself soloing throughout. The next big shoot was in August, when Mugge and a larger crew filmed Rollins and his ensemble performing at sculpted rock quarry Opus 40 in Saugerties, New York. The most surprising part of the latter concert was that, midway through his performance, Rollins leaped from a 6-foot cliff, fell to his back on the ground and, in spite of suffering a broken heel, continued to play his saxophone. Rounding out the production were interviews with Rollins in Japan, with Heikki Sarmanto in Japan, with Rollins and his wife Lucille in New York City, and with jazz critics Ira Gitler, Gary Giddins, and Francis Davis, also in New York City. A soundtrack album, "G-Man," released by Fantasy Records, was named by Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau as the best album of 1987, whether jazz or rock, and the fourth best album of the decade. For MVD Visual's new release of SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS on both Blu-ray and DVD, the film has been given 4K remastering, and an updated commentary by Mugge is included as a bonus feature REVIEW Widely hailed upon its release as essential viewing, not just for fans of jazz but for anyone even remotely interested in the creative process. [A] remarkable film...Mike Joyce --Jazztimes Magazine Magnificent. One of the most powerfully sustained jazz videos to date...Kevin Lynch --Downbeat Magazine Brilliantly captures one of the great saxophonists in jazz - and probably its most revered living improviser - during one of his most intensely creative periods. Starling performances. His music is always revealing; so is this loving tribute...Richard Harrington --Washington PostDVDs ARE REGION 1 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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