The great Sonny Rollins passed away at the age of 95. He won the Downbeat critics poll for best tenor saxophone player seven times. In the late 1940s, when most young jazz saxophonists favored a light ...

Rollins, who died May 25, had for decades been hailed as the greatest living jazz musician. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen back to Rollins' 1994 interview with Terry Gross.

Sonny Rollins, the legendary tenor saxophonist known for his bold tone and constant experimentation, has died at 95.

Legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, whose improvisational style and genre-defining recordings reshaped modern jazz for ...

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

Saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who spent years practicing in solitude as a young man on a New York bridge, died May 25 at age 95, ...

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist whose huge tone, restless improvisations, and refusal to coast made him one of jazz’s ...

The legendary jazz saxophonist, who collaborated with the likes of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, created a form that was ...

Sonny Rollins died on May 25, 2026, at age 95 and left behind a $3 million net worth and a catalog of over 60 bandleader ...

The Harlem-born tenor saxophonist helped define bebop, shaped generations of music and remained one of jazz’s most ...

The musician, who died Monday at age 95, honed a deeply individual sound on his horn and penned several jazz standards in a ...