The Harlem-born tenor saxophonist helped define bebop, shaped generations of music and remained one of jazz’s most ...

From Harlem prodigy to ‘Saxophone Colossus,' inside the fearless life, radical experimentation, and lasting influence of ...

Tutored by Thelonious Monk, the Harlem native came of age with bebop and created a succession of improvisational masterpieces ...

One of jazz’s most towering voices has gone silent. Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist known as the "Saxophone Colossus," died Monday, May 25, at his home in Woodstock, New York, in Ulster County in ...

Disc 1: One Bass Hit, Oop Bop Sh Bam, That's Earl Brother, Be Bop In Pastel, Fool's Fancy, Bombay, Ray's Idea, Serenade To A Square, Good Kick, Seven Up, Blues In Bebop, Epistrophy, 52nd Street Theme, ...

This recent four-disc set covers the period 1946-1952, during which Sonny Stitt made the transition from promising young bebopper to jazz master. It is typical of the British Proper boxes; it's ...

One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was a genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and others ...