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Sonny Rollins Bridge
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On 7 Sep 1930: (Walter) #SonnyRollins, American Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist ("Blue Room"), environmentalist, and last survivor of iconic "A Great Day in Harlem" photograph, born in New York City (d. 2026).
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Quando Thelonious Monk distrusse Sonny Rollins, Oscar Pettiford e Max Roach
🛑 Una registrazione catastrofica
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#JazzLegend #SonnyRollins dies aged 95
by Toby Mann, May 26, 2026
"Legendary Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who was known as the '#SaxophoneColossus', has died aged 95.
"He died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon according to a statement from his publicist, who called him 'one of the most honored and influential figures in American music'.
"Rollins had a prolific career that began in the late 1940s. He worked with artists including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and released more than 60 albums as a band leader. He won two Grammys before respiratory illness forced him to retire in 2014.
"The cause of his death has not been announced."
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Sonny Rollins, Way Out West, 1957 on Contemporary
This was the first Rollins album with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne, and the first time he recorded with only bass and drums. I love this cover photo emphasizing the New York native was out west. My copy—direct from Craft Recordings—is the 2009 Original Jazz Classics reissue which was remastered back in 1988 and repressed in 2009. It reproduces the yellow Contemporary labels but with a catalog number OJC-337.https://goatless.org/2026/05/01/sonny-rollins-way-out-west-1957-on-contemporary