Sonny Rollins — Where to Listen on the Radio

Sonny Rollins is a jazz, post-bop and hard bop artist from Harlem, United States, active since 1930. ArtisFind has detected 1 play of Sonny Rollins on 1 radio station in the Netherlands, most recently on Jazz de Ville - Chill 116d ago. The song heard most often on air is “Solitude”.

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential of jazz musicians.

In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded more than 60 albums as a leader. His 1956 album Saxophone Colossus was selected for preservation by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2016. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.

Rollins was often called "the greatest living improviser". Sometimes known as "saxophone colossus", Rollins was awarded a lifetime Grammy Award and was honored with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2011. He was credited as a defining figure of the jazz genre.