Sonny Rollins
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930-00-00
- Died
- 2026-00-00
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Melodic improvisation in American jazz
- Notebooks of Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Rollins - Jazz Masters Series
- Sonny Rollins Omnibook for C Instruments
- Sonny Rollins Omnibook for B-Flat Instruments
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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 - May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.…
Known for
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes — Self2023
- Hargrove — Self2022
- Jazz Club 22022
- It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story — Self2018
- Chasing Trane — Self - Musician2017
- Brownie Speaks — Self2014
- Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes — Self2012
- Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued! — Self2010
- The Jazz Baroness — Self2009
- Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68 — Self2008
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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded more than sixty albums as a leader. His 1956 album Saxophone Colossus was selected for preservation by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2016. A number of his compositions, including "St. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny+Rollins
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Key facts
- Born
- Walter Theodore Rollins , ( 1930-09-07 ) September 7, 1930, Harlem , New York City , U.S.
- Died
- May 25, 2026 (2026-05-25) (aged 95), Woodstock, New York , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz hard bop
- Occupations
- Musician composer bandleader
- Instruments
- Alto saxophone tenor saxophone soprano saxophone
- Years active
- 1947–2014
- Labels
- Prestige Blue Note Contemporary RCA Victor Impulse! Milestone Doxy Okeh EmArcy
- Spouse
- Dawn Finney ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1957 ) Lucille Pearson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 ; died 2004 )
- Website
- sonnyrollins .com
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Key dates
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2026
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Woodstock
- Occupation
- musician
- Award
- Polar Music Prize
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- post-bop
- Instrument
- soprano saxophone
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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.
In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded more than 60 albums as a leader. His 1956 album Saxophone Colossus was selected for preservation by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2016. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins was often called "the greatest living improviser". He was the last survivor of the 57 jazz musicians depicted in the 1958 photograph A Great Day in Harlem.
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