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   Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American former 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.

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   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.

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   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 emotion.

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   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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   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...

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8. www.npr.org › 2024/04/30 › 1244810082Sonny Rollins' big-hearted music speaks for itself on newly ...

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   Apr 30, 2024 · WHITEHEAD: Sonny Rollins comes on like a few jazz greats combined. He has Louis Armstrong's teasing way with a melody, Charlie Parker's high-speed virtuosity and wit, tenor Lester Young's...

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   Was Miles Davis a Sonny Rollins fan?

   • Miles Davis was an early Sonny Rollins fan and in his autobiography wrote that he “began to hang out with Sonny Rollins and his Sugar Hill Harlem crowd… anyway, Sonny had a big reputation among a lot of the younger musicians in Harlem. People loved Sonny Rollins up in Harlem and everywhere else.

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   Was Sonny Rollins a saxophonist?

   • Today, he has some thoughts about saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1959. Early in that year, Rollins took a trio to Europe for a tour documented on a new reissue. Five months later, he withdrew from performing in public for two years. During that hiatus, he practiced on New York's Williamsburg Bridge.

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   What happened to Sonny Rollins?

   • Following his withdrawal from music in 1954 to cure a heroin addiction, Rollins reemerged with the Clifford Brown – Max Roach quintet in 1955, and the next four years proved to be his most fertile. Sonny Rollins performing at the Barcelona Jazz Festival, 2012.

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   What does Sonny Rollins do?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who is among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s.

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    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.