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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sonny_RollinsSonny Rollins - Wikipedia

    Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. [3] [4] In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader.

  2. www.nytimes.com › sonny-rollins-interviewSonny Rollins Is at Peace. But He Regrets Trying to One-Up ...

    Feb 24, 2020 · Sonny Rollins is, by any reasonable estimation, a genius. He is jazz’s greatest living improviser, able to imbue his solos with wry humor, surprise, brilliant logical form and profound...

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  4. sonnyrollins.comSonny Rollins

    Welcome to the official website of Sonny Rollins, an American tenor saxophonist and composer whose eight-decade career has led him from Harlem to the White House and all over the world, and who is considered one of the most influential musicians in jazz.

  5. www.youtube.com › channel › UC6SWv3c6K0wyoIxak6RfWZQSonny Rollins - YouTube

    Sonny Rollins will go down in history as not only the single most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop era, but also the greatest contemporary jazz saxophonist of them...

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  7. www.jazzwise.com › features › article17 Sonny Rollins Albums That Shook The World | Jazzwise

    • Real Crazy - Young Sonny. Jasmine, 1949-51. Rollins’ first dates with bopcat Babs Gonzales, revealing the saxman’s early Parker traits, also includes seedbed sides with mentors JJ Johnson and Bud Powell plus his debut with Miles.
    • Tenor Madness. Prestige, May 1956. Does Sonny almost shred John Coltrane on the title track with sheer melodic logic? Who cares? The only recorded summit of two singular stylists, Trane, the melancholy prophet and Rollins, the granite-topped demi-god.
    • Saxophone Colossus. Prestige, 1956. Sonny with a perfect rhythm section: Doug Watkins’ laconic bass, the twilight touch of Tommy Flanagan and the subtle, multifarious punctuations of Max Roach cannot be overstated.
    • Way Out West. Contemporary, March 1957. Classic 3am LA session with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne, reissue includes three longer alternate takes.

  8. sonnyrollins.com › bioBio — Sonny Rollins

    In 2010 on the eve of his 80th birthday, Sonny Rollins became one of 229 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, business, and public affairs who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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  10. www.britannica.com › biography › Sonny-RollinsSonny Rollins | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    May 13, 2024 · Sonny Rollins is an American jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who is among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s. Rollins grew up in a neighbourhood where Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins (his early idol), and Bud Powell were playing.

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