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Sonny Rollins’s sound is as uncapturable as it ... Part of the soundtrack for the 1966 film “Alfie,” it has an interesting two-chapter provenance. The interludes that we hear in the actual ...

Alfie is my favorite from this new trio of releases. Although, prior to hearing this album, I must admit that I had not fully connected with legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ works. I know he’s ...

Saxophone giant Sonny Rollins had already established himself throughout the 1950s with a string of albums on the Prestige label, including the esteemed Saxophone Colossus, which was released shortly ...

Back then, jazz and heroin often went side by side, and Chet Baker, Elvin Jones, Stan Levey, Jackie McLean, Red Rodney, Sonny Rollins,⁠ and many other famous jazz musicians all did time at Narco.

Some jazz legends were Harlem natives, such as Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell, and Jackie McLean. Those born elsewhere got there as quickly as they could. “You ain’t nothing till you come to New York,” ...

Sonny Rollins did something highly unusual in modern entertainment: he ascended to the top of his field and then dropped off the radar. Vanished. Disappeared. The legend is Rollins was ...

Sonny Rollins is, as the title of his 1957 album says, a “Saxophone Colossus.” Indefatigable in improvisation, uncorrupted in artistry, and always swinging and melodious, Mr. Rollins (b.

Today, he has some thoughts about saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1959. Early in that year, Rollins took a trio to Europe for a tour documented on a new reissue. Five months later, he withdrew from ...

Flushing: Harry Siegel knows how to swing jazz synchronicity (“Rename it the Sonny Rollins Williamsburg Bridge,” column, April 13). Time’s up to rename the Williamsburg Bridge.