Do read this, a touching letter from Sonny Rollins to Coleman Hawkins in 1962 (from the website www.jazzclef.com). The greatest players possess not only self-discipline and powers of concentration, but generally, great humility.
Sonny Rollins’ letter to Coleman Hawkins
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Jazz pianist and educator, International Professor of Improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, formerly Head of Jazz at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. View more posts
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Spectacular…fantastic…thank you for sharing.
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I couldn’t resist reblogging this wonderful letter from one great saxophonist, Sonny Rollins, to another, Coleman Hawkins.
thank u for sharing. touching and profound.