May 25 (Reuters) – Sonny Rollins had recorded the confidently titled “Jazz Colossus” album in 1956. But the saxophonist ...
Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.
Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend known as the Saxophone Colossus died yesterday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 95 years old and one of the last of his generation of jazz titans.