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Sonny Rollins, 'saxophone colossus' of jazz, dies at 95

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Michelle Bracken/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) Sonny Rollins, the "saxophone colossus" who was widely considered America's greatest ...
Rolling Stone

Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95

Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend dubbed the Saxophone Colossus who redefined the language of the genre with his inimitable improvisational skills, died on Monday at his home in Woodstock, NY. He was 95.
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Sonny Rollins, giant of jazz saxophone whose muscular sound set the style in the mid-1950s

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sonny Rollins in 1991: the real triumphs of his late maturity were his concerts, when he would improvise with immense ...
The New York Times

Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality. Sonny Rollins in 2006. He flirted with the avant-garde, jazz-rock fusion and other ...
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The legendary jazz concert with Charlie Parker playing plastic sax has been reissued

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out. More ...
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Charlie Parker, on plastic sax, is one reason to hear concert's reissued recordings

Seventy years ago, jazz great Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone at what many call the greatest jazz concert ever. A new deluxe reissue of that recording is out now. More than 70 years ago, ...
The Washington Post

Sonny Rollins, ‘saxophone colossus’ of jazz, dies at 95

Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus” who was widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and whose musical eloquence and inventiveness kept him at the creative forefront of jazz for ...