Sonny Rollins, the legendary tenor saxophonist widely celebrated as one of the greatest improvisers in the history of jazz, ...
This is FRESH AIR. Today, our jazz historian, Kevin Whitehead, looks back at seven jazz notables who died this year. He earlier paid tribute to band leader Jack DeJohnette and to my late husband, the ...
This is FRESH AIR. Here on the show, we memorialize jazz composer Benny Golson and drummer Roy Haynes. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers a few more musicians who passed in 2024. For some of ...
Jazz great Sonny Rollins has died at the age of 95. In 2011, the Grammy winner was a Kennedy Center Honoree and received the ...