On August 15th, Sonny Rollins received the Edward MacDowell Medal at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire from MacDowell Colony Chairman Robert MacNeil. The prize is awarded annually by the MacDowell Colony to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts. It was established in 1960, and has been given to writers, composers, and visual artists. Recipients have included Joan Didion, Georgia O’Keeffe, I. M. Pei, Norman Mailer, John Updike, Mary McCarthy and Merce Cunningham.
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Next Friday, September 10th Jim Hall, Roy Hargrove, and Christian McBride will join Sonny onstage at the Beacon Theatre to help celebrate. |
