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Walter Theodore Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Acting
Biography
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus".
Rollins was born in New York City to parents from the United States Virgin Islands. The youngest of three siblings, he grew up i…
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Filmography
Movies
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
Hargrove
as Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
as Self
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician
Brownie Speaks
as Self
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
as Self
Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!
as Self
The Jazz Baroness
as Self
Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68
as Self
John Coltrane Four Tenors
as Himself
