Sonny Rollins Dies at 95

The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.

1. Frame 1Sonny Rollins died Monday at 95 at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.; his website announced it and Terri Hinte confirmed it.
2. Frame 2From Harlem into bebop, the tenor saxophonist made more than 60 albums and played with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and John Coltrane.
3. Frame 3In 1959 he left recording and stage work, practicing for hours on the Williamsburg Bridge before The Bridge marked his return.
4. Frame 4His music kept shifting: Freedom Suite met civil-rights pressure, then later work touched film, calypso, funk, rock, and post-9/11 grief.
5. Frame 5No cause was given; after years of physical limits, the question is how younger musicians carry forward his restless improvising standard.