THE SPIRITUAL WEIGHT OF SONNY ROLLINS: REFLECTIONS THROUGH RENE MCLEAN
As news of Sonny Rollins‘s passing travelled across the jazz world, much was written about the musician. The giant. The innovator. The architect of modern tenor saxophone. The man who stood shoulder to shoulder with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker and the other titans who altered the course of twentieth-century […]
KIPPIE MOEKETSI AT 100: THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ LIVES ON
On the 27th of July 2025, South Africa commemorates the centenary of one of its most compelling cultural figures. Kippie Moeketsi. Affectionately known as “South Africa’s Charlie Parker.” Yet Kippie was far more than a local imitation of an American great. He was a revolution in tone, mood, and being. He was the soul of […]