Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95

Sonny Rollins, the legendary jazz saxophonist known as the "Saxophone Colossus" and considered one of jazz's greatest improvisers, died Monday at age 95 at his home in Woodstock, New York. Rollins had a groundbreaking career spanning from the late 1940s until his 2014 retirement, with his 1957 album "Saxophone Colossus" considered his masterpiece and a defining work in jazz history. His influence on the genre was profound, with his improvisational skills and compositions like "Oleo" becoming jazz standards performed by legends including Miles Davis and John Coltrane.