RIP Sonny Rollins

Black and white photo of several dozen people clustered on and around a brownstone staircase in Harlem in 1958. People present include Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Charles Mingus, Lester Young, and Art Blakey. There are also about a dozen young boys, plus Count Basie, sitting on the curb in front of them.
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Black and white photo of several dozen people clustered on and around a brownstone staircase in Harlem in 1958. People present include Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Charles Mingus, Lester Young, and Art Blakey. There are also about a dozen young boys, plus Count Basie, sitting on the curb in front of them.
Rollins was the longest-surviving musician in the Great Day in Harlem photo shot in 1958. Actual end of an era.

Full list of musicians (jaw-dropping!) plus additional people who missed the photo session:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

I sometimes wonder about the kids in the photo. What kinds of lives had they managed to have?

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