Sonny Rollins

Last year, WRTI toasted Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins on his 95th birthday. Now, in the wake of his passing, we're paying tribute on the air. Tune in to our jazz broadcast on Wednesday, May 27, starting at 6 p.m., for a celebration of his music and legacy.

Sonny Rollins is turning 95: a great excuse to toast one of our finest living jazz artists. So in this special episode of The Late Set, Josh Jackson and Nate Chinen are joined by a handful of WRTI’s on-air hosts

This Saturday, April 20, is Record Store Day — a windfall for archival jazz releases. Our jazz team has heard it all, and brought you these insights.

The jazz giant reflects on his decision to release a sprawl of writings, recordings and other material to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in his old neighborhood of Harlem.

Here's Nick Bewsey from ICON Magazine with a bunch of great jazz CDs to tell you about. Sonny Rollins: Road Shows, Volume 3 - They say Sonny Rollins still…

"Jazz improvisation is supposed to be the highest form of communication," says the 83-year-old sax legend, who is about to release the third volume in his prized Road Shows series.

You generally don't think of Thelonious Monk, George Shearing or Sonny Rollins when it comes to Big Band Jazz. However, this Sunday you'll get to hear…