Sonny Rollins: Confessions of a colossus

He jammed with Miles and went Zen with Coltrane. As Sonny Rollins heads to the UK, he reveals the secrets of his successWhen Sonny Rollins plays the world's biggest concert halls, the posters outside often hail him as "the greatest living improviser". He's a whole lot more than that. The 79-year-old US saxophonist's repertoire may be an unpromising mix of dance tunes, calypso, blues and occasionally cheesy Broadway ballads – but from the moment his burly figure slouches on stage and barge...

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