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Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus

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Sonny Rollins, giant of jazz saxophone whose muscular sound set the style in the mid-1950s

Sonny Rollins, who has died aged 95, was, as the title of his most celebrated album declared, a Saxophone Colossus.

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

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Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dead at 95

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Sonny Rollins: One of jazz's last living greats dies at 95

Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins died at his home on Monday at the age of 95, his publicist said.

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Sonny Rollins, Jazz Luminary and Saxophone Legend, Dies at 95

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Sonny Rollins, towering jazz innovator known as 'Saxophone Colossus,' dies at 95

San Diego Union-Tribune

Sax great Charles Owens counts Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Marvin Gaye among past collaborators

The year was 1972 and Charles Owens’ reputation as one of the most gifted and versatile young musicians in Los Angeles was growing by the day. At the time, Owens — who’d already earned attention for his sterling work with drum legend Buddy Rich and ...

Sonoma Index-Tribune

‘Miles Davis 100’ commemoration set for Sebastiani Theatre

To bring the music of Miles Davis to life, Music in Place is producing a May 30 concert at Sonoma’s Sebastiani Theatre.

NBC Connecticut

Wayne Shorter, Jazz Saxophone Pioneer Who Played With Miles Davis and Art Blakey, Dies at 89

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles, a representative ...

48 Hills

Miles Davis, still at 100 percent after 100 years

All-star tribute 'Unlimited Miles' at Presidio Theatre voyaged through five decades of the jazz giant's astonishments.

St. Louis Magazine

A centennial celebration of Miles Davis and John Coltrane heads to Powell Hall

St. Louis has always stood at the intersection of the great modern musical genres, whether that’s the blues, jazz, rock and roll, or hip-hop. So it only makes sense that Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane’s centennial celebration of jazz titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane is making a stop at Powell Hall on June 6.

The Miles Davis century: The definition, and evolution, of cool

In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people.