Sonny Rollins had recorded the confidently titled "Jazz Colossus" album in 1956. But the saxophonist remained wracked with ...

The Harlem-born tenor saxophonist helped define bebop, shaped generations of music and remained one of jazz’s most ...

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist whose huge tone, restless improvisations, and refusal to coast made him one of jazz’s ...

The jazz musician, who was nicknamed the 'Saxophone Colossus,' passed away at his Woodstock, New York home, his spokesperson ...

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

Sonny Rollins, known as the “Saxophone Colossus” and one of the dominant influences in jazz music during the post-World War ...

Tutored by Thelonious Monk, the Harlem native came of age with bebop and created a succession of improvisational masterpieces ...

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The legendary Four Brothers reed section of Woody Herman's famous "Second Herd" big band of 1947, (Herbie Steward, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz and Serge Chaloff) is reimagined and reinvigorated by jazz icons ...

Sonny Rollins, the legendary jazz saxophonist who collaborated with everyone from Coleman Hawkins to the Rolling Stones, has ...