BERKELEY — Stalking the stage with his tenor saxophone and looking like Methuselah in sunglasses, Sonny Rollins plays with the high-pressure intensity of an uncapped fire hydrant. His performance ...

At the age of 92, Sonny Rollins is‚ as The Village Voice dubbed him years ago, “The Last Jazz Immortal” when it comes to the greats who came of age and prominence during the Bebop era of the ‘40s and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents improvisational saxophone legend Sonny ...

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 ...

On Dec. 17, 1951, Sonny Rollins entered a studio for his first session as bandleader. The tenor saxophonist, then 21 years old, had already recorded with the likes of Miles Davis. Within days, and for ...

Sonny Rollins, the greatest living tenor-saxophone player, recorded some of his most thrilling—yet strangely neglected—music from 1962 to 1964, the Sonny Rollins, the greatest living tenor-saxophone ...

Years before Sonny Rollins impressed anyone with his herculean saxophone skills, his peers had already pegged him as a leader. The 12-year-old Rollins didn’t seek out the distinction, but he inspired ...

Tenor saxophone legend Sonny Rollins took his band into the studio in late 2005 and early 2006 after a tour in Japan to record Sonny Please, his first studio recording in five years. According to ...

Aidan Levy’s much anticipated new book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, a moving and meticulously researched 784-page biography seven years in the making, chronicles the ...

The great figures of jazz are a gold-mine to the biographer. Their lives typically have a satisfyingly tragic narrative of huge talent battling against personal demons, critical incomprehension, ...

It's not easy being a giant. Just ask Sonny Rollins, who, for decades, has tried to live up to the billing as one of the truly big men of jazz. When he turned 75 this year, his record label marked the ...