Sonny Rollins' big-hearted music speaks for itself on newly reissued 'Freedom Weaver' In 1959, Rollins was a few years into one of the great hot streaks in jazz history when he took a three-week ...

Rollins, at the golden age of 93, is still very much with us. His archives are at the New York Public Library. These archives include, Reese writes, “a hefty six boxes” of his personal notebooks.

Driving up to Harlem a few weeks ago, Sonny Rollins was being hard on himself. "The last time I performed at the Beacon Theater 15 years ago, I wasn't happy with how I played," he said, looking ...

Sonny Rollins’s sound is as uncapturable as it is memorable, so you’re left with nothing to do except to keep on listening. In the same way that, ...

Sonny Rollins: 'You Can't Think And Play At The Same Time' "Jazz improvisation is supposed to be the highest form of communication," says the 83-year-old sax legend, ...

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 ...

You can say one thing about Sonny Rollins: He has an impressive work ethic. His performance Wednesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall was a more than 90-minute jazz extravaganza, propulsively driven ...

Jazz and the civil-rights movement were closely intertwined, and two musicians whose work was at the forefront of this intersection, Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus, have new releases this month ...

For those who believe that Sonny Rollins’ best days as a recording artist are well behind him: think again. This Is What I Do is an unmitigated triumph, a performance that will impress anyone who ...