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Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dead at 95
Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95.
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What happenedSonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95.
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Left / center-leftSonny Rollins, trailblazing jazz saxophonist, dies at age 95
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Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dead at 95
Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday a...
Sonny Rollins, towering jazz innovator known as 'Saxophone Colossus,' dies at 95
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...
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Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95. Alongside his own pioneering albums as band leader, Rollins also recorded with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, an...
Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dies
Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday a...
Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95
Alongside his own pioneering albums as band leader, Rollins also recorded with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and the Rolling Stones, contributing the sax solo to "Waiting on a Friend"
