biography
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Rollins, Sonny
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popular name of Theodore Walter Rollins
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Jazz saxophonist and composer, born in New York City, USA. He learned to play piano, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone while at school, and early on worked and recorded with major bebop figures such as Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. From the mid-1950s he emerged as an important voice in the ‘hard bop’ movement. His use of calypso themes reflects his roots in the Virgin Is, and he is considered one of the most powerful improvisers on tenor and soprano saxophones. |
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