Sonny Rollins

A look back at features, profiles, interviews and performances from wbgo.org during 2022

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with author Aidan Levy about Saxophone Colossus, his biography of jazz tenor titan Sonny Rollins

To state the obvious, this was a year like no other.For many of us, 2020 was a heartbreaker, a marathon slog, a stress engine — or all of the above. At…

“It really was a paradisical place to be, the jazz club.” That relatably wistful sentiment is uttered by saxophonist Sonny Rollins at one point in a…

In search of holiday inspiration? WBGO has you covered.As we round the final lap of a uniquely trying year, music is more of a comfort than ever. And even…

In Take Five, hear one sterling track for each decade of Sonny’s monumental career.What that means, of course, is that we’re spotlighting a total of seven…

We know it can be hard to shop for the jazz fan in your life. Especially in this day and age — when so much of our music arrives in digital form, or…

In honor of Labor Day, we've rounded up music by five important jazz artists born this week in history, within several days of the holiday.

One of the greatest jazz albums ever made was recorded 60 years ago today. It's A Night at the Village Vanguard, a live date by saxophonist Sonny Rollins,…

87-year-old saxophone legend Sonny Rollins donated what’s essentially his life’s work in handwritten papers, documents, video’s and records to the…