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Author:
Aidan Levy
Publisher:
Hachette Books
Date:
December 6, 2022
Based on more than 200 interviews with Sonny Rollins himself, family members, friends, and collaborators, as well as Rollins' extensive personal archive, Saxophone Colossus is the comprehensive portrait of this legendary saxophonist and composer, civil rights activist and environmentalist.
What The Reviewers Say
Gripping drama.
A whopper, nearly 800 pages of deep-dive research.
Levy has scoured personal archives and the public record for any narrative details relating to Rollins, which are nearly countless.
Exhaustive, definitive..
