Jazz Journal

Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026 Sonny Rollins, whose career spanned seven decades, was considered to be one of the most influential and important jazz musicians of all time.  Nicknamed “Sonny” by his grandmother, Rollins who grew up in Harlem, began playing first the alto saxophone at the age of… Read more: In Memoriam