With the death of the preeminent jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins on Monday at age 95, we observed a passing of a generational talent who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and Coleman Hawkins among many more. Rollins received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2004, and a National Medal of Arts award in 2010. His 1957 album "Saxophone Colossus" was widely acclaimed, and featured a variety of styles ranging from fast bebop, to an instrumental version of "Mack the Knife," to blues. His best known composition on the album is "St. Thomas," a salute to his parents' Virgin Islands home. With Tommy Flanagan on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and drummer Max Roach delivering a stunning drum solo, here is Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas."
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