Sonny Rollins, Jazz Luminary and Saxophone Legend, Dies at 95

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Jazz luminary and saxophonist Sonny Rollins has died, according to a public statement by his publicist, Terri Hinte. In the recent past, the icon had been struggling with respiratory health issues, which had kept him from public performance since 2012. He died at home in Woodstock, New York. He was 95. Rollins came up on the music of Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. He started playing the alto sax, but at 16, switched to tenor. As a teenager, he recorded with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson. He

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Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95 https://www.theguardian.com - 04:01