May 26, 2026 11:08 AM
Sonny Rollins Passes Away at 95
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
In support of her second album, Dreaming Wide Awake (Verve Forecast), vocalist Lizz Wright is planning a U.S. tour in June and July. Her performance at the World Financial Center Plaza in New York kicks off the 12-date trek.
Wright’s summer tour dates are:
June 14: World Financial Center Plaza, New York
June 15-16: Joe’s Pub, New York
June 18: World Café Live, Philadelphia
June 19: Ramshead, Annapolis, Md.
June 20: Birchmere, Alexandria, Va.
June 23: Club Café, Pittsburgh
June 24: Nighttown, Cleveland
June 25: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Satatoga Springs, N.Y.
June 27: The Ark, Ann Arbor, Mich.
June 28: Schubas, Chicago
July 1: Scullers, Boston
July 2: Club Soda, Montreal
Onstage, Rollins would move about restlessly, thrusting his tenor sax in the air as he blew.
May 26, 2026 11:08 AM
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
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