Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95
Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend dubbed the Saxophone Colossus known for his inimitable improvisational skills, has died at the age of 95
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Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend dubbed the Saxophone Colossus known for his inimitable improvisational skills, has died at the age of 95
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