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'Saxophone Colossus' Sonny Rollins dies at 95
He was one of the last living greats of the bebop era and one of the most influential saxophonists of his time.
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What happened🎷 Sonny #Rollins, the fiercely inventive tenor saxophonist whose decades-spanning career helped define modern jazz and earned him the nickname "Saxophone Colossus," died Monday at his home in upstate #New York.
The headline splitOne side frames it as "‘Saxophone Colossus’ Sonny Rollins, one of jazz’s last bebop giants, dies at 95". The other frames it as "Jazz legend Sonny Rollins dies aged 95".
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Left / center-leftSonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dead at 95
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Center'Saxophone Colossus' Sonny Rollins dies at 95
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🎷 Sonny #Rollins, the fiercely inventive tenor saxophonist whose decades-spanning career helped define modern jazz and earned him the nickname "Saxophone Colossus," died Monday at his home...
Sonny Rollins, giant of jazz and the saxophone, has died
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Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95
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