Sonny Rollins KUVO Gear | A Gift for You!

During our Fall Pledge Drive consider adding the 2016 KUVO Sonny Rollins gear to your collection, a gift for you for support KUVO.

 

Theodore Walter Rollins, Sonny Rollins, born on September 7, 1930 in New York City,  grew up in Harlem not far from the Savoy Ballroom, the Apollo Theatre, and the doorstep of his idol, Coleman Hawkins. After early discovery of Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, he started out on alto saxophone, inspired by Louis Jordan. At the age of sixteen, he switched to tenor, trying to emulate Hawkins. He also fell under the spell of the musical revolution that surrounded him, Bebop.

 

 

We are grateful to have Sonny Rollins as our 2016 featured KUVO gear design! Get yours for your support as a member for $7.42 per month for the t-shirt, $10 a month for the long-sleeve t, and $20 a month for the hoodie. Thank you for support Bebop — and — jazz!

Sonny began to follow Charlie Parker, and soon came under the wing of Thelonious Monk, who became his musical mentor and guru. Living in Sugar Hill, his neighborhood musical peers included Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew and Art Taylor, but it was young Sonny who was first out of the pack, working and recording with Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell and Miles Davis before he turned twenty.

 

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