Rollins, who has continued to walk his own course during his more than 50-year career, is arguably the greatest saxophone player since Charlie Parker's explosion on the scene in the '40s.
——Down Beat Magazine
When Sonny Rollins picks up the tenor saxophone, the world listens. For more than 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 that will probably never be equaled.