Rollins, who died May 25, had for decades been hailed as the greatest living jazz musician. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen back to Rollins' 1994 interview with Terry Gross.

How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed. It’s ...

Sonny Rollins, widely considered to be one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, has died, according to a Sunday post on ...

Sonny Rollins, the pioneering jazz saxophonist whose recordings reshaped modern jazz, died at 95, marking the loss of a ...

Jazz legend Sonny Rollins died on Monday at the age of 95 at his home in Woodstock, New York, according to his publicist. He ...

One of jazz’s most towering voices has gone silent.Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist known as the "Saxophone Colossus," ...

Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend dubbed the Saxophone Colossus known for his inimitable improvisational skills, has died at the ...

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist whose huge tone, restless improvisations, and refusal to coast made him one of jazz’s ...

Sonny Rollins worked alongside fellow jazz legends Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, among others.

Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend known as the Saxophone Colossus died yesterday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 95 years old and one of the last of his generation of jazz titans.

A restless innovator who never stopped searching for new sounds, the jazz icon spent more than seven decades reshaping modern ...