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Saxophone Colossus

MusicDocumentary
7.7·1998·1h 41m

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the ...

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Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

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Gary Giddins

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Ira Gitler

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Robert Mugge

OVERVIEW

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced Saxophone Colossus, a feature-length portrait of Rollins, named after one of his most celebrated albums.