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Sonny Rollins Passes Away at 95
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
The 1985 legendary Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman collaboration Song X has been reissued by Nonesuch Records. The remixed and remastered album includes six new songs in addition to the original eight tracks.
On the 20th anniversary of the release, guitarist Metheny says, “There may have been a few different decisions made about what did and didn’t get included on the record and especially about how the whole thing actually sounded ... with this opportunity to look at things again two decades later, it seems upon review that although I did pick the right takes of the tunes that were on the original version of the release, there were in fact major improvements to be made in the mixing and mastering of the record.”
The remastering and remixing help to create “a more complete picture of our efforts,” Metheny says. In addition to Metheny and Coleman, Song X features Charlie Haden on bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Denardo Coleman, Ornette’s son, on drums and percussion. The album was remastered by Ted Jenson at Sterling Sound and remixed by Peter Karam.
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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