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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
• Concord Music Group Releases 5th Historic Installment Of The 'Keepnews Collection'
• Herbie Hancock And Maria Schneider Take Top Honors At Jazz Awards
• Sonny Rollins To Headline Newport Jazz Festival
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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:
4-30-2009 Orange County P.A.C. - Segerstrom Hall, CA
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Three Little Words

Discography:
Original Music from the Score
2008 Road Shows, Vol. 1
2008 Complete 1963 Paris Concert
2007 Soneymoon
2006 Sonny, Please
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Filmography:
2008 Sonny Rollins: Live in Vienne
2008 Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68
1997 Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz
1995 A Great Day in Harlem
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Member Of: Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet More >> Similar Artists: Joe Henderson George Coleman Miles Davis Buck Hill Hank Mobley More >>

Influenced By: Charlie Parker Ornette Coleman Coleman Hawkins Sonny Stitt Louis Jordan More >> Followers: Gerry Niewood J.R. Monterose Pete Yellin Charlie Rouse Wayne Shorter More >>

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