Sonny Rollins
- Author
- South Carolina Public Radio
- Published
- Tue 06 May 2025
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_11445_182f9dd8-d037-4738-bf4d-c52fff66f8c5&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F11445%2Ffeed-rss.xml
Tenor saxophonist Walter Theodore Rollins, better known as Sonny Rollins, was born in New York City on September 7, 1930. After discovering Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, he started playing the alto saxophone.
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