I saw Rollins in late 70s when I was still a bit new to jazz. A friend said it best about Newk after the show: “that was so good I wasn’t even surprised.” Rollins was all joy on each gem he played.
Somewhere I came across (and archived) this modern interview excerpt with Arild Andersen recalling the gig… Q: And the real question is - how is it possible that these 3 crazy, young, Scandinavian cats had already devoured the History of Jazz and were now able to create these brave new sounds with ease? Were you guys even 20 years old at the time? What did Sonny think? Arild’s answer: Hard to say what Rollins thought, but he was very nice and let us play a lot, as you can see. How we got got to this point in music is hard to say. Those years a lot of American musicians travelled and played with local rhythm sections. Jon and I did those gigs in Oslo and Bobo did a lot in Sweden so think you learn from playing with people better than you... There were no school to go to so this became our school.
R.I.P Mr..Christensen I owe you more than I could ever repay .. you gave me a different way listening and playing drums via your many ECM recordings. Music will miss you... so will I.
This is really a good example of the magic of collective improvisation. Of course when the leader is a genius like Sonny is, it's going to differ vastly from any other musician because of what Sonny is always capable of bringing to any performance. These guys never played with Sonny but it came off very well, considering. Five stars for Sonny and for these three talented young musicians from Norway.
Es la combinacion de las diferentes personas,musicos lo que hace al sonido,las ideas.Gracias por subir este video,me encanta Christensen y por supuesto el cuarteto,imagino la satisfaccion que debe haber sido para Bobo,Jon y Aril compartir ese momento con Sonny Rollins,inolvidable!
This is fantastic,bobo much more detailed and technically proficient than with later garbarek collaboations. Dig deeper in the vaults for more of this.
This is absolute magic. Thank you for taking part in creating such a beautiful experience and for posting it on RUclips! I feel like this an amazing continuation of what the Coltrane Quartet was doing in the early sixties. I might even enjoy it more than their work then, blasphemous as that may be.
wow--arild,you guys were an awesome rhythm section for the master blaster sonny,,looked like he was having a good go with u guys,,the chemistry was excellent,,,did you think sonny was coming back in when u went to the b section during your solo?which was awesome by the way and it actually made for a great in the moment challenge that you guys handled very nicely,,,glad this was posted,,more please!!!
I just listened to a 10h European podcast radio show on Sonny Rollins (yes, 10x 1h, covering 1951-2001 !!!). My opinion of Rollins is that it seems very overrated to me. First of all as a player, he does not seem to me better than Johnny Griffin, Stitt, Roland Kirk, Phil Woods, Lateef ... but enjoys a much more important reputation ... and unjustified in my opinion. Ok he plays well, but not better than the musicians I mentioned. In terms of composition, he did not compose anything, everyone knows that St Thomas is a Caribbean folklore already recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title Fire Down There. His other compositions from the 50s ... well, Oleo, Airegin etc ... this can in no way be compared to the compositions of Trane, Bird, Monk or Shorter ... also, his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years). It seems that he was traumatized by the arrival of Ornette, Trane, Ayler ... In the 60's he tried to be more free than Ayler, more calypso / blues than Ornette, and more mystical than Trane, but he didn't. did not succeed. Then in the 70s / 80s he tried to be funky, disco ... with really ridiculous and cheesy results ... Did he want to be funkier than James Brown himself? Also, in the radio show they say that he was paid current $ 300,000 for himself to record the Nucleus album (so listen to the result !!!!), and that, for his concerts, his financial claims were unrealistic, only the big festivals could afford it. He played with the Stones but didn't want to go on tour with them because, according to Jagger himself, he wanted too much money! I mean, I'm not making anything up here. In my opinion, he should have remained what he was before, a disciple of Bird at the Tenor, and quit at the age of 40 to leave a quality job, and without trying to follow fashion. Thank you for not insulting me because I have documented myself on Rollins and I like to have constructive discussions without being attacked on my person.
This is so foolish it’s not even worth responding to. You are a silly man and I doubt you could get through a 12 bar blues convincingly if your life depended on it. Just stop.
I saw Rollins in late 70s when I was still a bit new to jazz. A friend said it best about Newk after the show: “that was so good I wasn’t even surprised.” Rollins was all joy on each gem he played.
Somewhere I came across (and archived) this modern interview excerpt with Arild Andersen recalling the gig…
Q: And the real question is - how is it possible that these 3 crazy, young, Scandinavian cats had already devoured the History of Jazz and were now able to create these brave new sounds with ease? Were you guys even 20 years old at the time? What did Sonny think?
Arild’s answer: Hard to say what Rollins thought, but he was very nice and let us play a lot, as you can see. How we got got to this point in music is hard to say. Those years a lot of American musicians travelled and played with local rhythm sections. Jon and I did those gigs in Oslo and Bobo did a lot in Sweden so think you learn from playing with people better than you... There were no school to go to so this became our school.
Thanks for sharing this. That summarises it quite well.
R.I.P Mr..Christensen I owe you more than I could ever repay .. you gave me a different way listening and playing drums via your many ECM recordings. Music will miss you... so will I.
1. Sonnymoon for Two
2. In a Sentimental Mood
Nice sound !!! Jon Christensen, a Giant !!! ✌️
i saw this so many times! just great!
Pretty sick especially for 1971 given how young the trio was!! Sonny must’ve been highly impressed.
That's what I'm talkin about ! Jazz Baby !
They are impressive musicians playing with the god of tenor.
A real treasure. Jazz giants from different continents coming together to produce some truly awesome music. Thanks so much.
My favourite rhythm section with the great Sonny Rollins! I didn't know this existed. Love it!
Same here !!
This is really a good example of the magic of collective improvisation. Of course when the leader is a genius like Sonny is, it's going to differ vastly from any other musician because of what Sonny is always capable of bringing to any performance. These guys never played with Sonny but it came off very well, considering. Five stars for Sonny and for these three talented young musicians from Norway.
Wow! Jon C! THE drummer! Now y understand why I dropped out (AS a drummer) in the mid 60's having heard/seen him! (I'm 75yrs in 2019)
L'America e l'Europa creano un suono di rara bellezza..........Grazie
9:29 ... Epic Jon Christensen drum solo. Guy's a beast!
Blir aldri lei av denne musikken. Topp samspill, topp musikere - Arild, Jon og Bobo med Sonny Rollins!
Sonny Rollins con tremendos músicos Europeos!!
Es la combinacion de las diferentes personas,musicos lo que hace al sonido,las ideas.Gracias por subir este video,me encanta Christensen y por supuesto el cuarteto,imagino la satisfaccion que debe haber sido para Bobo,Jon y Aril compartir ese momento con Sonny Rollins,inolvidable!
This is fantastic,bobo much more detailed and technically proficient than with later garbarek collaboations. Dig deeper in the vaults for more of this.
This is absolute magic. Thank you for taking part in creating such a beautiful experience and for posting it on RUclips! I feel like this an amazing continuation of what the Coltrane Quartet was doing in the early sixties. I might even enjoy it more than their work then, blasphemous as that may be.
I was there :-)
Superflow, Like on Coltranes "sun ship" record with Elvin, I Always tried to Play Like that when I Had the Chance to !! Thanks from Andy M.
wow--arild,you guys were an awesome rhythm section for the master blaster sonny,,looked like he was having a good go with u guys,,the chemistry was excellent,,,did you think sonny was coming back in when u went to the b section during your solo?which was awesome by the way and it actually made for a great in the moment challenge that you guys handled very nicely,,,glad this was posted,,more please!!!
cool stuff - like it - no love it so much!!
something was going on that night, they sound like from other planet, just enormous
Masterpiece!
My idols all!
Faschinating!
Amasing!
The Beatles of Jazz
Rollins got his "Underwear?"
Great performance by all!!!
8:07 the lick 😩
Jon , Peter Erskine, Billi Hart probably the drummers i have litsened more . Jack de johnette of course too.
Newk meets ECM Boys!
Wonderful .. too bad Garbarek wasn't in the wings for some "Tenor Madness"..
great players in their own right! Definitely wasnt swingin tho!
Plenty of swing for me :-)
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Stenson a giant ? at that time ?.. (Hallo this a blues in Bb = in Bb ...) The other are giants indeed ...
I just listened to a 10h European podcast radio show on Sonny Rollins (yes, 10x 1h, covering 1951-2001 !!!). My opinion of Rollins is that it seems very overrated to me. First of all as a player, he does not seem to me better than Johnny Griffin, Stitt, Roland Kirk, Phil Woods, Lateef ... but enjoys a much more important reputation ... and unjustified in my opinion. Ok he plays well, but not better than the musicians I mentioned. In terms of composition, he did not compose anything, everyone knows that St Thomas is a Caribbean folklore already recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title Fire Down There. His other compositions from the 50s ... well, Oleo, Airegin etc ... this can in no way be compared to the compositions of Trane, Bird, Monk or Shorter ... also, his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years). It seems that he was traumatized by the arrival of Ornette, Trane, Ayler ... In the 60's he tried to be more free than Ayler, more calypso / blues than Ornette, and more mystical than Trane, but he didn't. did not succeed. Then in the 70s / 80s he tried to be funky, disco ... with really ridiculous and cheesy results ... Did he want to be funkier than James Brown himself? Also, in the radio show they say that he was paid current $ 300,000 for himself to record the Nucleus album (so listen to the result !!!!), and that, for his concerts, his financial claims were unrealistic, only the big festivals could afford it. He played with the Stones but didn't want to go on tour with them because, according to Jagger himself, he wanted too much money! I mean, I'm not making anything up here. In my opinion, he should have remained what he was before, a disciple of Bird at the Tenor, and quit at the age of 40 to leave a quality job, and without trying to follow fashion.
Thank you for not insulting me because I have documented myself on Rollins and I like to have constructive discussions without being attacked on my person.
This is so foolish it’s not even worth responding to. You are a silly man and I doubt you could get through a 12 bar blues convincingly if your life depended on it. Just stop.