Performance

Tribute to Sonny Rollins

1 upcoming performance in New York

At Ornithology Jazz Club, “Tribute to Sonny Rollins” frames the saxophonist’s long New York story through live performance rather than nostalgia. Todd Herbert leads a working band with Jeremy Manasia, Jason Clotter, Larry Banks, and Anthony Pearlman, moving through Rollins-associated themes and the hard-edged freedom of his improvising method. Rollins’ bridge practice and downtown-to-uptown presence made him a durable figure in the city’s modern jazz identity. The set’s value is in its discipline: it treats repertoire as material to be tested in real time.