From Harlem prodigy to ‘Saxophone Colossus,' inside the fearless life, radical experimentation, and lasting influence of ...

There is a strong connection between music and dance, as both are social art forms. This means they are meant to be played, sung or danced with other people. Music makes you want to move, and dancers ...

By the end of his life, no jazz musician of his importance was left—but then again, hardly anyone ever reached Rollins’s ...

Had Walter Theodore ‘Sonny’ Rollins not been drawn to spiritualism, jazz would not have come back to India in 1978 with a big ...

Sonny Rollins, a sublime tenor saxophonist and one of the last iconic figures of the golden age of post-World War II jazz, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, NY. Diagnosed years ago with pulmonary ...

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist whose huge tone, restless improvisations, and refusal to coast made him one of jazz’s ...

After his death aged 95, we look back at a remarkable catalogue of work that stretches from vivacious mid-50s sets to his evocative performance after 9/11 ...

The news sparked reactions from musicians and jazz fans, many of whom highlighted the importance of his legacy in music ...

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist who played with bebop pioneers Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk in the 1950s and continued to perform for another half-century, has ...

Sonny Rollins, who has died aged 95, was, as the title of his most celebrated album declared, a Saxophone Colossus. He was the last major representative of the generation of Miles Davis and John ...