Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins (1930-2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer, born in Harlem, New York. He recorded for Prestige, Blue Note, Contemporary, RCA Victor, Impulse! and Milestone, and he is best known for Saxophone Colossus (1956) and for Way Out West (1957), a trio date with bass and drums and no piano. Rollins played with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and the Clifford Brown and Max Roach group, and he recorded Tenor Madness with John Coltrane.