One of this musician's solos features him playing a dimunition of the opening theme in six successive runs beginning on varying beats of the measure; that solo was cited by Gunther Schuller as an example of "thematic improvisation."
One of this musician's solos features him playing a dimunition of the opening theme in six successive runs beginning on varying beats of the measure; that solo was cited by Gunther Schuller as an example of "thematic improvisation." During a temporary retirement, this musician practiced daily on the Williamsburg Bridge, which inspired his comeback album The Bridge. With Shelley Manne and Ray Brown, he recorded a trio version of Duke Ellington's "Solitude" for his album Way Out West. With John Coltrane he recorded "Tenor Madness," and like Max Roach he played on the Thelonius Monk album Brilliant Corners. While recording with Miles Davis, this man wrote the jazz standards "Doxy," "Oleo," and "Airegin."  He recorded a version of "Mack the Knife" under the title "Moritat," and his most famous composition has a Caribbean melody inspired by a calypso from the Virgin Islands.  FTP, name this tenor saxophonist who recorded "Strode Rode," "Blue 7," and "St. Thomas" for his classic album Saxophone Colossus.
One of this musician's solos features him playing a dimunition of the opening theme in six successive runs beginning on varying beats of the measure; that solo was cited by Gunther Schuller as an example of "thematic improvisation."
Sonny Rollins