Jeffery Siegel's fine jazz podcast, Straight No Chaser, has a clip from Without a Song: the 9/11 Concert, featuring Jazz giant Sonny Rollins. The clip has Rollins playing the title number, a piece of jazz he recorded in 1962 for his album, The Bridge. I have only heard the cut on Siegel's podcast, but it is magnificent. Go to Straight No Chaser to download it. Here is the brief review on the Barnes & Noble site:
When the disasters on 9/11 occurred, the great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was in his New York apartment, only blocks away from the World Trade Center. He survived a night without electricity and was of course deeply affected by the catastrophe. At the urging of his wife and manager, Lucille, he fulfilled an engagement to play in Boston four days later, and the concert recording was released four years later. Rollins is quite emotional in his playing and can be heard throughout in peak creative form.
I couldn't help noticing that the second cut on the CD is "Global Warming."
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