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X-WR-CALNAME:SONNY FORTUNE QUINTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST WALLACE RONEY in
	 New York City at Blue Note - Eventful
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SUMMARY:SONNY FORTUNE QUINTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST WALLACE RONEY
DESCRIPTION: FEATURING: Sonny Fortune\, saxophones Wallace Roney\, tru
	mpet Michael Cochrane\, piano Chip Jackson\, bass Steve Johns\, drums 
	 When critics speak of Sonny Fortune\, names like Coltrane\, Cannonbal
	l\, Young\, Bechet\, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy 
	- but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qua
	lities of those late\, great musicians: hard work\, dedication to his 
	art\, and exceptional music. Lucky for us\, Sonny is still here and bl
	owing hard. Born in Philadelphia on May 19\, 1939\, he was 18 years ol
	d before deciding to pursue a career in jazz. In 1967 he moved to New 
	York. Says the quiet\, straight-talking Fortune of that move: "Eventua
	lly\, in order to find out if you really have what it takes\, you have
	 to go to the center\, and that's New York...you can only do so much i
	n your hometown." After a brief stint with Elvin Jones and Frank Foste
	r\, Fortune\, an early admirer of John Coltrane\, Charlie Parker and S
	onny Rollins\, joined Mongo Santamaria's group\, with whom he remained
	 for over 2 years. He moved to Los Angeles in 1970\, but stayed in Cal
	ifornia for only seven months and came back east where he worked with 
	vocalist Leon Thomas before joining McCoy Tyner with whom he played fo
	r 2 1/2 years. During this period\, in which Fortune started playing t
	he soprano sax\, he cemented an already solid reputation as an instrum
	ental innovator with his contributions on Tyner's albums Sahara\, Song
	 For My Lady\, and Song of the New World. Fortune then went on to work
	 independently with his own ensemble and with drummer Buddy Rich\, and
	 was featured on the live LP recorded at Rich's Manhattan nightspot\, 
	Buddy's Place. In September 1974\, Miles Davis offered Sonny a job in 
	his fusion group. Fortune had previously turned down the same offer to
	 stay with Tyner\, but now he eagerly accepted the opportunity to move
	 on to something completely new. Fortune\, by now accomplished on seve
	ral instruments (clarinet\, flute\, tenor and baritone sax included)\,
	 stayed with Miles for a year\, recording four LPs\, Big Fun\, Agartha
	\, Pangaea and Get Up With It. Over the years Sonny has also recorded 
	with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie\, Elvin Jones\, Oliver Nelson\, Ge
	orge Benson and Nat Adderly\, to name a few. In June 1975 Sonny formed
	 his own group\, marking his debut as a leader with two critically-acc
	laimed LPs for A&M Horizon\, Awakening and Waves of Dreams. He's had m
	any albums released since then. Sonny's three Blue Note CD's received 
	rave reviews. Four In One\, his album of the music of Thelonious Monk\
	, was released in the Fall of 1994. His second Blue Note CD\, A Better
	 Understanding was released September of 1995\, and consists of all or
	iginal material in groupings from duo to septet. Sonny's third CD for 
	Blue Note\, From Now On\, was released in September 1996 and consists 
	of both original material and compositions by other artists. The raves
	 have continued and it was featured on many year-end Ten Best lists. I
	n addition to leading his own quartet\, the following 10 years saw Son
	ny playing with the Nat Adderly Quartet and as a featured soloist with
	 the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. In 1987-88 he was part of the Coltrane 
	Legacy Band that also featured McCoy Tyner\, Elvin Jones and Reggie Wo
	rkman. Sonny's groups have always featured his own compositions\, and 
	he has toured around the world\, including the U.S.\, Canada\, Europe 
	and Japan. CBS TV's 48 Hours with Dan Rather did a feature on Sonny\, 
	which was broadcast in late 1993. He is a featured soloist on the soun
	dtrack for the Jack Nicholson film\, The Crossing Guard\, and was the 
	subject of a recent CBS Sunday Morning feature with Billy Taylor. He h
	eadlined the first Chicago Playboy Jazz Festival and was the featured 
	jazz performer at the 1995 Atlanta Montreaux International Music Festi
	val. He has been touring the U.S. consistently over the past few years
	. Fortune is still busy with live appearances\, including the St. Luci
	a Festival and the Canadian jazz festivals. He also performed in a spe
	cial trio with Reggie Workman and Rashied Ali at concerts in Philadelp
	hia and Washington D.C. that were dedicated to John Coltrane\, as well
	 as being part of a special Elvin Jones ensemble performing in New Yor
	k City in celebration of Elvin's 70th's birthday and performing with E
	lvin at the Playboy and JVC jazz festivals. The seeds for In the Spiri
	t of John Coltrane\, released on Shanachie in January 2000\, were plan
	ted in 1959\, when Sonny first heard Trane's album My Favorite Things.
	 From that point on Coltrane became the primary inspiration for Sonny 
	-- a male figure whose influence on Sonny's life is rivaled only by th
	at of Sonny's own father. In the Spirit of John Coltrane\, which featu
	res performances from Coltrane alumni Reggie Workman and Rashied Ali\,
	 underscore Fortune's reputation as\, quoting Stereophile magazine\, "
	one of the most intriguing alto players in contemporary jazz." "Of all
	 of Trane's lasting contributions\, perhaps the greatest to the future
	 of improvised music was his example of spiritual integrity and physic
	al drive. Sonny blows with both." - Howard Mandel 
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