Hugely influential American jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who was known as the "saxophone colossus", has died aged 95. The tenor saxophonist died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon ...

A restless innovator who never stopped searching for new sounds, the jazz icon spent more than seven decades reshaping modern improvisation and influencing generations of musicians. According to ...

Photos of great musicians often reveal the spiritual dimension of their quest, but one didn’t need to see a picture of Sonny Rollins to know that he was tall and muscular. Rollins, who died Monday, at ...

Legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins has died at the age of 95. The influential jazz musician died on the afternoon of May 25, 2026, at his home in Woodstock, N.Y., according to a statement ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins died Monday. He was 95 years old. For decades, he had been hailed as the greatest living jazz musician. Today, we're going to ...

The jazz icon spent his final decades in Germantown and Woodstock, where neighbors remember his wisdom, humility and privacy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died ...

Sonny Rollins, the legendary jazz saxophonist who collaborated with everyone from Coleman Hawkins to the Rolling Stones, has died.

Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus” who was widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and whose musical eloquence and inventiveness kept him at the creative forefront of jazz for ...