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Sonny Rollins
American saxophonist and composer Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins has traversed
every jazz movement since bebop. Born in New York's Harlem district on September
7, 1930, he studied piano before taking up the saxophone, first alto, then tenor
in 1946, when he made his debut in rhythm'n'blues bands. After a first session
for singer Babs Gonzales, he made a name for himself accompanying Art Blakey,
Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro and J. J. Johnson. However, already
addicted to drugs, the lack of money to buy them led him to delinquency and,
after a ten-month stay in prison fo...
You Don't Know What Love IsSonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
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I Feel a Song Coming OnSonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins Plus 4
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Roll 'EmSonny Rollins, Vince Guaraldi, Ben Webster, Colin Bailey, Monty Budwig and Jimmy Witherspoon
This Love of MineSonny Rollins and Sonny Rollins Quartet
Work Time
2:27
I Must Have That Man!Sonny Rollins and Abbey Lincoln
That's Him
3:58
You Are Too BeautifulSonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
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