Saxophone Colossus: Celebrating Sonny Rollins
Thursday, September 10, 2026
7:00 PM
Dizzy's Club
Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY 10019
$24
Scheduled
About This Event
Saxophone Colossus: Celebrating Sonny Rollins at Dizzy's Club frames the tenor saxophonist's work within the bebop and hard bop traditions that shaped modern improvisation. The evening situates Rollins' methods—thematic invention and sustained rhythmic drive—within a New York repertory context long evident at The Jazz Gallery and Smoke Jazz & Supper Club and still informing contemporary small ensembles.
About Saxophone Colossus: Celebrating Sonny Rollins
At Dizzy’s Club in New York City, **Saxophone Colossus: Celebrating Sonny Rollins** places Rollins’ tenor language back inside the bebop and hard-bop lineage that formed modern improvisation. The program follows his hallmarks—motivic development, long-form invention, and a steady rhythmic push—heard as repertory rather than nostalgia. Rollins’ career is inseparable from the city’s jazz history, from 52nd Street to the clubs that kept the music moving after the war. One clear takeaway is how his method turns a small idea into an entire narrative.
About the Artists
Saxophone Colossus
Saxophone Colossus is a jazz saxophonist whose work is rooted in the bebop and hard bop language associated with Sonny Rollins. At Dizzy’s Club in New York City, the project “Saxophone Colossus: Celebrating Sonny Rollins” places Rollins’ writing and improvisational methods in a repertory setting, with close attention to thematic development and rhythmic momentum.
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins is a jazz tenor saxophonist whose work sits at the center of bebop and hard bop, shaping the language of modern improvisation. In New York City, his legacy is actively revisited in programs at venues such as The Jazz Gallery and Smoke Jazz & Supper Club, including tributes and repertory evenings led by artists like Jaleel Shaw, Eric Alexander, and Nicholas Payton.