Sonny Rollins


Sonny Rollins

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Born: September 07, 1930 in New York, NY
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Jazz

News:
Celebrity Birthdays, September 7
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Biography:
Sonny Rollins will go down in history as not only the single most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop era, but also the greatest contemporary jazz saxophonist of them all. His fluid and harmonically innovative ideas, effortless manner, and easily identifiable and accessible sound have influenced generations of performers, but have ... Continue Bio >>

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Tickets:
04/06/2010 Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall
05/10/2010 Paramount Theatre - WA
05/16/2010 Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Discography:
2008 Road Shows, Vol. 1
2008 Complete 1963 Paris Concert
2007 Soneymoon
2006 Sonny, Please
2006 Live in London, Vol. 3
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Filmography:
2006 Sonny Rollins in Vienne
1997 Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz
1995 A Great Day in Harlem
1992 Tenor Titans
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Member Of:
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet
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Similar Artists:
Joe Henderson
Miles Davis
George Coleman
Lou Donaldson
Stan Getz
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Influenced By:
Coleman Hawkins
Ornette Coleman
Louis Jordan
Charlie Parker
Dexter Gordon
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Followers:
Zbigniew Namyslowski
Steve Grossman
Junior Cook
John Coltrane
Gerry Niewood
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