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Title: Sonny rollins on the Rolling Stones
Post by Egon on Apr 26^th, 2020 at 2:21am

My Dad is a huge jazz fan and sent me this link

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/24/magazine/sonny-rollins-interview.html

Title: Re: Sonny rollins on the Rolling Stones
Post by gimmekeef on Apr 28^th, 2020 at 9:50am

I was very happy to see the Sonny Rollins era end. He almost hijacked the 81 tour and bored the crap outta me.

Title: Re: Sonny rollins on the Rolling Stones
Post by Steel Wheels on Apr 29^th, 2020 at 8:58pm

I think you mean Ernie Watts.

Title: Re: Sonny rollins on the Rolling Stones
Post by Gazza on Apr 29^th, 2020 at 9:30pm

gimmekeef wrote on Apr 28^th, 2020 at 9:50am:

I was very happy to see the Sonny Rollins era end. He almost hijacked the 81 tour and bored the crap outta me.

Sonny never played a single show with the Stones. He overdubbed his sax parts on 'Slave'with wonderful results - but as SW says, Ernie Watts was the second sax player in '81.

I doubt any sideman would or could hijack a Stones show. They play as much as the band allows them to. Personally, I thought Ernie's contributions were great.