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Saxophone colossus : featuring Sonny Rollins
- Title
- Saxophone colossus : featuring Sonny Rollins / directed by Robert Mugge.
- Publication
- Pottstown, PA : MVD Visual, [2017]
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A performance documentary featuring Sonny Rollins. Includes interviews, historical clips, and two performances. Rollins' quintet is featured near his home in upstate New York. A second performance includes the world premiere of the Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra in Japan, which was composed by Rollins and arranged and orchestrated by Heikki Sarmanto.
- Alternative Title
- Saxophone colossus featuring Sonny Rollins
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographical films.
- Concert films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Special features: New 4K transfer of the 101-minute film, illustrated commentary by director Robert Mugge, digital audio of "G-man" and "Don't stop the carnival."
- Credits (note)
- Screenwriter, Robert Mugge ; producer, Robert Mugge ; a Mug-Shot production in association with Channel Four, ASA Communications, Commonwealth Films, Yomiuri Shimbun, SonRol Music ; a film by Robert Mugge.
- Event (note)
- Live at Harvey Fite's, Opus 40, Saugerties, NY, August 16, 1986.
- System Details (note)
- Blu-ray ; requires Blu-ray player.
- Contents
- G-man -- The bridge -- Tenor saxophone solo -- Concerto for tenor saxophone and orchestra (Mvts. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7) -- Don't stop the carnival.
- Call Number
- Sc BLURAY-19
- OCLC
- 1004966597
- Title
- Saxophone colossus : featuring Sonny Rollins / directed by Robert Mugge.
- Publisher
- Pottstown, PA : MVD Visual, [2017]
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file Blu-ray 1080p high definition region A
- Credits
- Screenwriter, Robert Mugge ; producer, Robert Mugge ; a Mug-Shot production in association with Channel Four, ASA Communications, Commonwealth Films, Yomiuri Shimbun, SonRol Music ; a film by Robert Mugge.
- Original Version
- Originally issued as a Mug-Short Productions video in 1986.
- Performer
- Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone ; Clifton Anderson, trombone ; Mark Soskin, piano ; Bob Cranshaw, bass ; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums ; Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (Heikki Sarmanto, conductor ; Kiyomitsu Obana, concertmaster).
- Performer
- Performers: The Sonny Rollins Quintet with Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Clifton Anderson (trombone), Mark Soskin (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums) ; Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Heikki Sarmanto, conductor.
- Event
- Live at Harvey Fite's, Opus 40, Saugerties, NY, August 16, 1986.
- System Details
- Blu-ray ; requires Blu-ray player.
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- Added Author
- Rollins, Sonny, interviewee, performer.Mugge, Robert, 1950- film director, film producer, screenwriter.Sarmanto, Heikki, 1939- conductor.Smith, Marvin, 1961- performer.Cranshaw, Bob, performer.Soskin, Mark, performer.Anderson, Clifton, performer.Obana, Kiyomitsu.Yomiuri Nihon Kōkyō Gakudan.MVD Visual (Firm), film distributor, publisher.Mug-Shot Productions, production company.Sonny Rollins Quintet, performer.
- Research Call Number
- Sc BLURAY-19