Saxophone Colossus is one of Sonny Rollins' most acclaimed albums. Recorded and released in 1956, it has been awarded a rare Crown by The Penguin Guide to Jazz, and is widely considered the masterpiece of his mid-1950s series of recordings for Prestige Records and one of the greatest albums ever issued on that label. Saxophone Colossus is one of Sonny Rollins' most acclaimed albums. Recorded and released in 1956, it has been awarded a rare Crown by The Penguin Guide to Jazz, and is widely considered the masterpiece of his mid-1950s series of recordings for Prestige Records and one of the greatest albums ever issued on that label. false 2025-06-14 12:23:29 Saxophone Colossus 2011 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 40 Hard Bop Jazz 118562 2195484 14d28bc2-f75a-4d56-b297-61d89c84c9c5 3b47247e-5b57-49b6-a0ed-bad80243802a cf29d6a2-a18a-3bb6-a861-495148baee1f /media/data/media5/Music/Sonny Rollins/Saxophone Colossus (1957)/folder.jpg Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1 1 St. Thomas 06:53 1 2 You Don't Know What Love Is 06:36 1 3 Strode Rode 05:17 1 4 Moritat 10:10 1 5 Blue 7 11:18 Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser". Due to health problems, Rollins has not performed publicly since 2012 and announced his retirement in 2014.