Sonny Rollins was born in Harlem on this day in 1930. The Saxophone Colossus turns 95 years old today. He is the world’s greatest living improviser.

📸 David McLane/Getty Images, 1968
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On this day in 1958, Art Kane photographed 57 musicians at 17 East 126th Street in NYC for Esquire magazine. It was a Great Day in Harlem, 67 years ago today.

Sonny Rollins is the only musician from this photo still living.

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NYC, 5.27.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.27.18
North Adams, MA, 5.27.22 (claire rousay)
NYC, 5.27.23 (Marty Ehrlich Quartet Expanse)
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New York City 🇺🇸 5.21.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.21.18
St. Thomas 🇻🇮 5.21.19
Syracuse 🇺🇸 5.21.21
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New York City 🇺🇸 5.20.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.20.18
Sacramento 🇺🇸 5.20.20
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New York City 🇺🇸 5.6.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.6.18
St. Thomas 🇻🇮 5.6.19
Philadelphia 🇺🇸 5.6.24
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February 20

New York City, 2.20.18 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Thomas, USVI, 2.20.19
Sacramento, California, 2.20.20
Salvador, Bahia 🇧🇷 2.20.23
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The NY Post apparently doesn’t know its local bridges. That’s the Williamsburg Bridge, AKA #SonnyRollinsBridge

“I think that picture humanized a lot of the myth of what people thought jazz was.” Sonny Rollins #SonnyRollinsBridge
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