The group's laidback style has led some to call their music "yacht rock." But Mitarotonda reveals the hard work behind their ...

Fresh Air host Terry Gross lost her husband on April 14. They were together for 47 years. Today, she shares some of Francis with the audience, including the story of how they met and became a couple.

Memphis: Three ex-officers were acquitted of all state charges in the death of Tyre Nichols ... Listen: Enjoy five minutes of Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus.” Plan: Here are 13 ...

After his father's death, his musical education was continued by his godfather ... During high school he played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk Jr. (the tenor saxophonist son ...

Kelli Giddish is returning to Law & Order: SVU full-time, TVLine has confirmed. Giddish will be back on the NBC procedural as ...

Here's Sonny Rollins' unaccompanied opening on his 1972 ... the pang of happiness and the unaccountable lure of death," unquote. Here's the song Francis singled out. It's sung by the character ...

Growing up in 1940s Harlem, Sonny Rollins idolized swing-era heavyweights like Coleman Hawkins and jump-blues saxophonists like Louis Jordan. But when he heard Charlie Parker and the torrid ...

Rollins' 2014 lawsuit against a former Southern Baptist leader launched investigations into the troubling way the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You never really hear Sonny Rollins for the first time—you feel him. Maybe it’s in the way his saxophone dances like it’s got something to say, or maybe it’s that ...