On Impulse - Sonny Rollins

Advantages: Possibly the best tenor saxophonist ever - without a doubt the best still alive!
Disadvantages: None - if you want to see him live, you should try to soon - he's getting on a bit now - 73 yrs old now - still as good as ever though!

...Sonny Rollins is my favourite tenor saxophonist, and is in my opinion the best saxophonist ever. Sonny has a lovely deep, rich tone, right the way from the bottom of his horn to the top. Like many of the great jazz musicians, Sonny was not only a great player, but also a great composer, having written loads of tunes, including St Thomas, Tenor Madness, Doxy, Oleo, Airegin, to name but a few. Sonny Rollins has recorded many famous C.D.'s, but perhaps his best two, and my favourite are saxophone colossus and tenor madness (featuring a stunning recording of tenor madness with coltrane and rollins playing together!) Both of these C.D's feature Sonny Rollins in full swing, at the top of his playing, with his classic tone and characteristic phrasing and solo's. Throughout his life, Sonny Rollins had a chance to play and record... Read review

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Advantages: Sublime music and musicianship
Disadvantages: None

...This is the original score to the 60s film Alfie, composed and played by Sonny Rollins, one of the greatest tenor sax players. I watched this film several times before really appreciating the score, being so intent on the story and film locations, and later checked yes, it was Rollins playing, and he also wrote it. WHO IS SONNY ROLLINS? If you like jazz you don't need me to provide a biog. Sonny [Theodore Walter] Rollins was born in 1930 in New York, arguably one of the best jazz tenor saxophonists of all time. He was already playing with one of the greats, Thelonious Monk before he was 20, and later performed and recorded with John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey. In 1955 he joined the Clifford Brown / Max Roach quintet. He was known for his improvisations, sometimes highly imaginative takes on relatively moribund... Read review

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Advantages: Great smell, lasts a while
Disadvantages: overpriced

...Impulse was originally launched in South Africa in 1972, and was launched in the UK by Elida Gibbs in 1979. The impulse range over the years has come out with many different kinds of scents including Tease, Temptation, and Romantic Spark. Now you may have noticed from the impulse range all their scent names are something to do with love and romance. They did make out in adverts that virtually with this scent on men will find you quite irresistible. In my opinion anyway I always find this rubbish. Men are not attracted to a smell they are attracted to a person loll. In 2009 the whole Impulse range underwent a packaging re-vamp to give the brand a more contemporary and modern feel. The impulse range is well known for the butterfly trademark on the bottle. The lids are pretty easy to unlock as long as you know how to. You have no messing... Read review

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