Sonny Rollins, a giant of jazz saxophone, had a lifelong commitment to spontaneity

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Nate Chinen

Published May 26, 2026 at 4:05 PM CDT

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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.

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Sonny Rollins, a giant of jazz saxophone, had a lifelong commitment to spontaneity

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