Apparently, the median age of a jazz listener is in his or her mid to late 40s. So, perhaps, the representative listener was born in the mid-1970s. Sonny Rollins first recorded in 1949. The recordings ...

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 1957; Decision; Bluesnote; How Are Things In Glocca Morra; Plain Jane; Sonnysphere; Sonny Rollins, Volume 2 1957; Why Don't I; Wail March; Misterioso; Reflections; You Stepped ...

Sonny Rollins with Don Cherry and Henry Grimes at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Jan. 17, 1963. Credit: Courtesy of The Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research and Inger Stjerna At the age of 92, ...

In 1959, Rollins was a few years into one of the great hot streaks in jazz history when he took a three-week trip to Europe. Three hours from that tour are heard on a new Rollins-approved reissue.

Sonny Rollins is, as the title of his 1957 album says, a “Saxophone Colossus.” Indefatigable in improvisation, uncorrupted in artistry, and always swinging and melodious, Mr. Rollins (b. 1930) is the ...

This new box documents a pair of late-’50s albums in which the New York saxophonist left an indelible mark on West Coast jazz. Save this story Save this story While touring America as part of Max ...

This is FRESH AIR. Although Kevin Whitehead recently stepped down as our jazz critic, we succeeded in convincing him to still occasionally contribute to our show as a jazz historian. Today, he has ...