Even the most jingoistic pe... by Sonny Rollins, an American Musician

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“Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.”

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Sonny Rollins

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Name: Sonny Rollins

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Sep 7, 1930

Profession: Musician

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I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere.

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I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz.

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I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid.

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Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there.

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I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show?

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