Sonny Rollins

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Theodore Walter Rollins, 7 September 1929, New York City, New York, USA. Although an older brother played violin and, at the age of nine, he took piano lessons, Rollins was destined for the saxophone. In 1944 he played alto saxophone in high school and when he left in 1947 he began gigging round New York on tenor. His first inspiration was Coleman Hawkins, but he was well aware of the beboppers, many of whom lived in his neighbourhood. His first recording session was with scat-singer Babs... Read more

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Sonny Rollins

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Genres Comedy Movies Easy Listening Jazz Jazz Music & Radio Books Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock

Tags jazz swing big band piano blues

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Genres

Comedy Movies Easy Listening Jazz Jazz Music & Radio Books Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock

Tags

jazz

swing

big band

piano

blues

Links

allmusic bbc music page d-nb.info discogs image last.fm official homepage rateyourmusic.com secondhandsongs twitter viaf wikidata wikipedia worldcat.org