DocHouse: Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes (15)

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Join the cast and crew for this sneak preview followed by a Q&A with director Dick Fontaine and producer Gugulethu Mseleku.
 
This is the 82nd year in the extraordinary life of the greatest saxophone player in the world - Sonny Rollins. Four decades ago, as a young filmmaker and aspiring musician, Dick Fontaine followed Rollins up onto the Williamsburg Bridge in Manhattan during one of his legendary escapes from the perils of "the jazz life". Today, still resisting stereotype and compromise, and revered by a new generation of young musicians, Rollins continues his single-minded search for meaning in his music and his life.  Fontaine's film is built around the explosive energy of Sonny's 80th Birthday Concert, where legendary figures Roy Haynes, Jim Hall and Ornette Coleman, join him to celebrate his  journey so far, his music and its future for a new generation.

Dir. Dick Fontaine / UK-USA / 2011 / 75”

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