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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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September 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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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August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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)
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
May 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New York City 🇺🇸 5.21.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.21.18
St. Thomas 🇻🇮 5.21.19
Syracuse 🇺🇸 5.21.21
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
May 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
New York City 🇺🇸 5.20.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.20.18
Sacramento 🇺🇸 5.20.20
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
May 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
New York City 🇺🇸 5.6.17 #SonnyRollinsBridge
St. Croix 🇻🇮 5.6.18
St. Thomas 🇻🇮 5.6.19
Philadelphia 🇺🇸 5.6.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
May 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The NY Post apparently doesn’t know its local bridges. That’s the Williamsburg Bridge, AKA #SonnyRollinsBridge
December 10, 2024 at 5:54 PM
“I think that picture humanized a lot of the myth of what people thought jazz was.” Sonny Rollins #SonnyRollinsBridge
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
58 Jazz Musicians Were Photographed for ‘Harlem 1958.' Only One Remains.
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:22 AM
November 14, 2024 at 2:49 PM