Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

**Winner of the American Book Award (2023)**

**Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)**

The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollin…

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