Sonny Rollins on "I Know That You Know"
Sonny Rollins's stop-time solo on "I Know That You Know" seems to be one of those touchstone tenor solos—a benchmark in the mainstream tenor tradition like Hawk's "Body and Soul" or Lester's "Shoeshine Boy." I'd transcribed this solo some time ago, but had been sitting on it; somehow, I managed continually to procrastinate learning this one, but I finally got around to it this week. I've never heard anybody call this tune on a session, and I also noticed that's not so easy to track down a leadsheet via Real Books; is it just me, or did this tune end of slipping through the cracks over time? This piece on the twin recording sessions, Duets and Sonny Side Up , refers to "a classic 1928 recording by Jimmie Noonie" of "I Know That You Know," which is easily accessible thanks to YouTube: After playing "Tea for Two" at a session the other day, my friend, the pianist, blogger, and super-nerd Marti