Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95

Re:Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Imp... by bananaboy on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @09:49PM (#48288459)

Sonny Rollins was probably the last great player from the bebop age though who was there at its birth, and probably the last master who played with Charlie Parker too!

Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock are still going strong of course, and still brilliant. George Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland are all still playing to pick some other names at random.

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Re:Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Imp... by dhosek on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @11:19PM (#48289156)

I have to admit, I was a little surprised to discover that Rollins was still alive. You tend to assume that giants like him are all in the distant past, not still walking the earth.

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Re:Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Imp... by bananaboy on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @11:44PM (#48289354)

Yeah I know what you mean! I’m so thankful we can still go see Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock.

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Re:Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Imp... by dhosek on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:09PM (#48302982)

you just got me to go to https://www.herbiehancock.com/tour/ and https://roncarterjazz.com/pages/ron-carter-performance-sched...

They’re playing together at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September. Bit of a stretch to go to that, but I might go to Indianapolis to see Herbie in August.

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Re:Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Imp... by boarsofcanada on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @10:05PM (#48288571)

Jack DeJohnette died in October.

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Re:Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Imp... by bananaboy on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @11:43PM (#48289341)

Oh crap I completely missed that! Boo!

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