#JazzLegend #SonnyRollins dies aged 95

by Toby Mann, May 26, 2026

"Legendary Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who was known as the '#SaxophoneColossus', has died aged 95.

"He died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon according to a statement from his publicist, who called him 'one of the most honored and influential figures in American music'.

"Rollins had a prolific career that began in the late 1940s. He worked with artists including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and released more than 60 albums as a band leader. He won two Grammys before respiratory illness forced him to retire in 2014.

"The cause of his death has not been announced."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e224dwz18o

#SaxophoneMan #BlackMusicians #JazzMusicians #RestInPower

The Saxophone Song

"You'll find me in a Berlin bar
In a corner, brooding
You know that I go very quiet
When I am listening to you

There's something special indeed
There's something special indeed

In all the places where I've seen you shine, boy
There's something very real in how I feel, honey
It's in me, it's in me, and you know it's for real
Tuning in on your saxophone

The candle burning over your shoulder
Is throwing shadows from your saxophone
A surly lady in tremor

The stars that climb from her bowels
Those stars make towers on vowels

You'll never see that you had all of me
You'll never see the poetry you stirred in me
Of all the stars I've seen that shine so brightly
I've never known or felt, in myself, so rightly
It's in me, it's in me, and you know it's real
Tuning in on your saxophone"

- Kate Bush, 1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3QlYNHC82c

#SaxophoneMan #DickParry #RIPDickParry

Hail and farewell, #SaxophoneMan.

#PinkFloyd saxophonist #DickParry dead at 83

“Since I was seventeen, I have played in bands with Dick on saxophone,” David Gilmour wrote about his friend, who performed the iconic “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and “Us & Them” solos, on Instagram.

By Matt Mitchell | May 26, 2026

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/pink-floyd/pink-floyd-saxophonist-dick-parry-dead-at-83