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Sonny Rollins
1930 —
Tenor saxophone
BebopHard Bop
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A short portrait
A supreme thematic improviser, Rollins can take the smallest melodic fragment through wit, rhythm and structural surprise until an entire solo seems to have grown from one seed.
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Timeline
Makes early recordings with Bud Powell and J. J. Johnson.
Saxophone Colossus confirms his standing as a major improviser.
Withdraws from performance to practice on the Williamsburg Bridge.
Returns with a more open rhythmic conception.
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Essential records
PRLP 7079
Sonny Rollins
SaxophoneColossus
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Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
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Selected listening
Saxophone Colossus
An official Spotify embed, selected as a place to begin.