Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone September 22, 2009

When Sonny Rollins picks up the tenor saxophone, the world listens. With a career spanning more than half a century, he is one of the few surviving icons of a golden era of jazz that will likely never be equaled.

First recording in 1949, he was recognized as one of the most promising, spontaneous and creative tenor players on the jazz scene, sought after by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and the Modern Jazz Quartet. A formidable improviser, he remains an inspiration to musicians and listeners worldwide, maintaining a steady program of carefully chosen performances and recordings that illuminate why he is, as The Village Voice noted, "the last jazz immortal.

"Nobody rivals his fluid mastery..."
– Boston Globe

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