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Sonny Rollins
Acting
07 Sept 1930
† 25 May 2026
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 - May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus". Rollins was born ...
Also Known As
Walter Theodore Rollins
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Sonny Rollins's Movies
73%
Chasing Trane
14 Apr 2017
81%
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
02 Jul 2018
66%
A Great Day in Harlem
27 Sept 1994
77%
Saxophone Colossus
01 Jan 1998
60%
Who Is Sonny Rollins?
01 Jan 1968
65%
John Coltrane Four Tenors
09 Oct 2002
70%
Hargrove
12 Jun 2022
100%
Brownie Speaks
26 Aug 2014
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
12 Mar 2023
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The Jazz Baroness
17 Apr 2009
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Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!
01 Nov 2010
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Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
01 Jan 2012
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Sonny Rollins Sextet 1993 Jazz Madrid
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Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68
30 Sept 2008
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Jazz Club 2
26 Jun 2022
