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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.
The headline splitOne side frames it as "Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dies at 95". The other frames it as "Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dies".
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8 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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Left / center-leftSonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dies at 95
The Hindu · Center-left · News report
CenterSonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dead at 95
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Right / center-rightJazz legend Sonny Rollins dies
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, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dies
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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"
