for Jamie Katz
Speaking of the devil
you know and the tenor
saxophonist your father
played with, today is
Sonny Rollins's birthday
(September 7, 1930) how's
that for good luck his
rendering of “I've Got You
Under My Skin” is on Blue
Note Plays Sinatra (1995)
I knew they called him Newk
because he looked like Don
Newcombe of the Brooklyn
Dodgers and for a while he
practiced daily on the
Williamsburg Bridge
but not until I talked to you
today, dear friend, did I learn
he said it was a good place
to practice because no
one complains about the noise
9 / 7 / 17 5 PM
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