Scoops - 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: Fun for Bob builder fans
Disadvantages: none

...£7.99p is the R R Price of Scoop the yellow Bob the builder friction toy from born to play. You will be able to buy him cheaper in fact he is £5.99 from http://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk. At work (school)We have several of the Bob the builder toys from Born to play . The children really love to play with them .In case you did not know Scoop is one of Bob the builders vehicles. . Scoop is a front loader with a scoop bucket at the4 back and a scoop at the front too . There are stabilisers at the back. He has 2 large black wheels at the back 2 smaller ones at the front. ( Point these out to your child say big little large , small, count them. Your child is learning maths and language) There is a yellow orange clear plastic reprensation of a light on top of scoop this is to warn people he is coming . Scoop has eyes... 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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