Skip to product information
1 of 1

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Blu-ray)

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Blu-ray)

Regular price $4.98 USD
Regular price $19.95 USD Sale price $4.98 USD
Sale Not in Stock
Shipping calculated at checkout.

SKU:MVD9687BR

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS is Robert Mugge's dazzling homage to Sonny Rollins, the greatest living jazz improviser.

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, a feature-length portrait of Rollins, named after one of his most celebrated albums. The project began in May of that year when Mugge and a small crew accompanied Sonny and Lucille Rollins to Tokyo, Japan where the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra premiered his Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra with Heikki Sarmanto of Finland conducting and Rollins himself soloing throughout. The next big shoot was in August, when Mugge and a larger crew filmed Rollins and his ensemble performing at sculpted rock quarry Opus 40 in Saugerties, New York. The most surprising part of the latter concert was that, midway through his performance, Rollins leaped from a 6-foot cliff, fell to his back on the ground and, in spite of suffering a broken heel, continued to play his saxophone. Rounding out the production were interviews with Rollins in Japan, with Heikki Sarmanto in Japan, with Rollins and his wife Lucille in New York City, and with jazz critics Ira Gitler, Gary Giddins, and Francis Davis, also in New York City. A soundtrack album, 'G-Man,' released by Fantasy Records, was named by Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau as the best album of 1987, whether jazz or rock, and the fourth best album of the decade. For MVD Visual's new release of SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS on both Blu-ray and DVD, the film has been given 4K remastering, and an updated commentary by Mugge is included as a bonus feature.

Bonus Materials

  • Updated commentary by director Robert Mugge.

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:
  •       Sonny Rollins
  •       Lucille Rollins
  •       Heikki Sarmanto
  •       Francis Davis
  •       Gary Giddins
  •       Ira Gitler

Director: ROBERT MUGGE

Producer: ROBERT MUGGE

Producers: ROBERT MUGGE

Track Listing

    • Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
    • G-Man
    • Unaccompanied Soloing
    • Don't Stop the Carnival
    • The Bridge

    Additional Details

    Label: Mug-Shot Productions

    Genre: Jazz

    Language: English

    Run Time: 101 mins

    Region: 0

    Release Date: 08/04/17

    UPC: 760137968788

    View full details
    Your cart
    Product Product subtotal Quantity Price Product subtotal
    Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Blu-ray)
    Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Blu-ray)MVD9687BR
    Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Blu-ray)MVD9687BR
    Regular price
    $19.95
    Sale price
    $4.98/ea
    $0.00
    Regular price
    $19.95
    Sale price
    $4.98/ea
    $0.00