Jazz Legend "Sonny" Rollins Honored By President Obama

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President Obama honored jazz legend "Sonny" Rollins, one of five 2011 Kennedy Center Honorees.

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.

Read Sonny Rollins' full bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_rollins

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  • This is long overdue. Congrats, Newk!!

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