Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins is a popular Jazz artist from United States, born on September 7, 1930. WikiData MusicBrainz Apple Music Spotify Last.fm Deezer Twitter Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus". . Popular albums include ""Remembering Sonny Rollins"", "Late Night - Sonny Rollins", "Plus 4", "Sonny Side Up", "A Night At The Village Vanguard", "The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard", "Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet", "Sonny Rollins' Next Album", "Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins", "Way Out West", "Saxophone Colossus" and "Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2".