Sonny Rollins, the fiercely inventive tenor saxophonist whose decades-spanning career helped define modern jazz and earned him the nickname "Saxophone Colossus," died Monday at his home in upstate New York, according to a statement posted to his social media accounts. He was 95.
Sonny Rollins, the "Saxophone Colossus" whose hard-charging yet flowingly meditative works made him the last in a golden era of jazz greats, died Monday. He was 95.
