A special edition of The Jazz Corner hosted by Paul Hensler aired Aug. 1 and featured author Aidan Levy who discussed his recently published Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins (Hachette Books).
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Levy is the author of Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed (Chicago Review Press) and editor of Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters (Chicago Review Press).
His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, JazzTimes and The Nation. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
Here’s the interview.
Saxophone Colossus is slated to be published in paperback on Nov. 14.