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Sonny Rollins on Steve Schapiro’s Unseen Photos of Jazz Giants

Sonny Rollins on Steve Schapiro’s Unseen Photos of Jazz Giants

Published by Sam Flores

Miles, Red Garland. I mean, these pictures take me back into a time which will never be like that again. Everybody was working. Everybody was contributing. Everybody was being appreciated. Jazz was appreciated. Of course, many of these guys aren’t here anymore, and that’s emotional for me, too. Here I am, the last guy standing. And I’m sure that the habits I established around that time – healthy habits – were responsible for my good fortune. It’s hard for me to look through these pictures with anything but great feeling: Coleman Hawkins, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Heath, Pete La Roca. All these guys represent a family that’s special to me. I was lucky, because I always had a great family life with my wife at home. But these guys, you could say that they were a family, too. The photos that Steve Schapiro took of me at the Apollo have special meaning for me. I spent my life going to the Apollo. As a youngster, I used to go there every week and catch the …

The Landscape of Giants in Ireland

The Landscape of Giants in Ireland

Published by Miika Tikkanen

  Passed down from one generation to the next, Irish folklore is ingrained in Ireland’s rich culture. Tales of the brave giant Finn MacCool, leader of the Fianna tribe, are some of the most widely celebrated. These stories continue to be used to describe the landscape. The Giant’s Causeway, Lough Neagh, the Isle of Man, and Ailsa Craig—according to the mythology—all owe their existence to Finn.   The Birth of a Legend Finn MacCool depicted on the wall of Finn MacCool’s bar in Bushmills, by the author, Alex Johnson, 2024   Finn’s early life is recounted in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn which is believed to date from the 12th century CE and was translated into English by John O’Donovan in 1859. Finn’s father, Cumhall, was a leader of the Fianna who were groups of roving hunter-gatherers spread across the island of Ireland.   Cumhall died before Finn was born when he was slain at the Battle of Cnucha (modern-day Castleknock) and his mother, Muirne, fled fearing execution. Shortly after his birth, Finn was sent …