Archival Tape Edition No. 17 § Sonny Rollins / On Impulse!

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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins, born September 7, 1930, is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of all times and has been called "the greatest living improviser". After a difficult youth with several months in jail, Sonny recorded recorded over sixty albums as a leader in a seven-decade career. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo" , "Doxy" , and "Airegin" , have become jazz standar