It's hard to overstate Sonny Rollins' contribution to jazz. As the groundbreaking saxophonist celebrates his 80th birthday on Sept. 7, he can look back on a performing and recording career that spans ...

”Saxophone Colossus,” features good-sized swatches of Rollins in full improvisational flight and includes several interviews with its subject. But the results aren`t likely to satisfy Rollins` fans or ...

Sonny Rollins with Don Cherry and Henry Grimes at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Jan. 17, 1963. Credit: Courtesy of The Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research and Inger Stjerna At the age of 92, ...

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Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins Photography by John Abbott Text by Bob Blumenthal- Published by Abrams Tuesday September 14, 2010 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Tribeca 97 Warren ...

Sonny Rollins' life and career is the stuff of legend, not the least of which intervals include the period he 'retired' to perfect his craft with practice sessions on 'The Bridge' in New York or his ...

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As the subject of the documentary film Saxophone Colossus, we are treated to an intimate portrait of the jazz giant Sonny Rollins at work and in performance, and it’s a captivating, enjoyable look ...

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 23 "The Bridge" from Aidan Levy's Saxophone Colossus: The Life And Music Of Sonny Rollins (Hachette Books, 2023). On September 7, 1960, Sonny turned thirty.