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Captivation is the rule when Sonny Rollins, jazz's so-called "Saxophone Colossus," comes to town, and such were the expectations of a sellout crowd spanning four generations at Berklee Performance Center.
In past years, Rollins has been accused of fielding a mediocre band to serve as a foil for his spectacular extemporaneous flights. The same cannot be said of his present band. In pianist Stephen Scott and trombonist Clifton Anderson, Rollins has two tremendous talents with which to share feature time...
The sextet opened the concert by launching into Rollins' new calypso "Salvador," from his recently-released album This Is What I Do. Scott provided the first fireworks of the night with his dazzling, percussive piano solo (although his occasionally audible singing served as a distraction in this performance as well...
Every Sonny Rollins album contains the obligatory calypso number and this album opens with an original titled "Salvador." Though entertaining, this piece lacks some of the joyous swagger associated with Rollins' other Caribbean interpretations. Rollins digs marginally further into his improvisatory bag on the two other originals, the funk-infused...
If Rollins in concert is kung fu, then This is What I Do is tai chi; reserved, but masterful nonetheless. Rollins is one of jazz's last living legends; this album reveals an artist comfortable with that mystique. B -Malik B. Ali