Sonny Rollins the Last Great of the Jazz Era Dies
Rollins, 95, was the last surviving musician from the Great Day in Harlem photo and a defining figure in jazz history, critics said.
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Sonny Rollins the last great of the jazz era dies
I once met the late jazz musician Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (1930 to 2026). It was in the mid 90s on Manhattan’s 48th street at Rod Baltimore’s New York Woodwind and Brass Center. The shop had the best repair department so there were always some serious players around. Consequently, as I was sitting on a step checking out my newly-repaired flute, no doubt playing through some “hip” patterns or something, I spotted some long, well-suited, l…
With the recent disappearance of Sonny Rollins at the age of 95, jazz has lost one of its most monumental figures. Nicknamed the "Saxophone Colossus", this musician left behind a huge work that has gone through more than six decades, influencing several generations of artists and redefining the art of improvisation. The post Sonny Rollins: The world of jazz loses its last colossus appeared first on Media24 - Number one of Moroccan economic infor…
We pay tribute to his majesty Sonny Rollins, one of the last titans in jazz history, the colossus of the tenor saxophone who left us last Monday, at the age of 95...
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