R.I.P. Sonny Rollins, who leaves us at age 95—almost more a legend than a musician, and the last of a generation of innovators who completely transformed jazz in the 1950s and 1960s. He’s gone, but the mark he made on the music survives forever.
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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.