orig. Theodore Walter Rollins
born Sept. 7, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S.
U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
Rollins was inspired by Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker and performed with many musicians in the late 1940s, including Miles Davis . A member of the Clifford Brown – Max Roach quintet in 1955–57, he later formed his own groups. Rollins's robust tone and technical dexterity are matched with athletic endurance in the service of the logical evolution of ideas in his solos.