As @aka Contrarian mentioned in another thread, fhe great Jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins has joined the celestial orchestra.

Sonny Rollins was the last living musician in this 1958 picture A Great Day in Harlem:

His legacy as a musician is cemented. Thanks for the music. RIP Mr. Sonny Rollins.😎

This photo hangs in my home. It was taken in my old neighborhood, a version of Harlem I would never really know. At the turn of the century, I lived in a Brownstone like the one pictured, just 7 blocks south.

I often wondered what happened to the little boys in the shot. It is a sign of the times to see so many of the musicians posed for a picture holding cigarettes. I saw Dizzy perform once seeing him poking his tongue out does not surprise me 🙂 Taken today there would be more women in the shot.

RIP Mr. Rollins.

@aka Contrarian my man is doing two drinks at a time

7 minutes ago, Troy said:

@aka Contrarian my man is doing two drinks at a time

If YOU were looking at what he was and where his night was headed, YOU would guzzle down two drinks too!
And that would be just a start....lol.

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Thanks, Baby, for miraculously warding off and dissipating evil emanations. My true guardian angel!

You're looking in ONE direction and he's looking at something else in another.

Looks to me like he's looking at the cross above you; as if to say: "Who does she trust to protect her....that symbol...or me?"