Sonny Rollins
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About
Grammy Award-winning performer and composer of many well-known jazz standards like "St. Thomas" and "Doxy." He is considered a jazz great. He has received countless awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Before fame
He played in a jazz band in high school and worked on his first recordings in 1949, going on to collaborate with Miles Davis and other famed musicians.
Trivia
His 1956 album Saxophone Colossus was critically acclaimed. His song "God Bless the Child" has garnered over 40 million streams on Spotify.
Family life
His wife, Lucile, passed away in 2004.
Associated with
He collaborated with Max Roach on many projects over the years.
