Jazz, Sonny Rollins, saxophone, May 13, The titan of the tenor saxophone -- The New York Times, Patron Sponsors Maris and Ivan Meyerson

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When Sonny Rollins picks up the tenor saxophone, the world listens. For nearly half a century, he has played music with the majesty of a Greek God, and today remains one of the few surviving icons from a golden era of jazz. Rollins first recorded in 1949 and over 50 years later, as the most formidable of all jazz improvisers, he remains a living inspiration to musicians and listeners worldwide. "Nobody rivals his fluid mastery of the tenor sax," says the Boston Globe.