A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins.  Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat 

 

Saxophone Colossus 

 

A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Saturday, September 19, 2026

1 PM

 

The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine

1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street

 

Presented in Partnership with the Rollins Family

 

 

 

A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins.  Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat 

 

SONNY ROLLINS CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND MUSIC

 

Musicians scheduled to perform include (in alphabetical order):

Melissa Aldana, Monty Alexander, Clifton Anderson, Tom Barney, Gary Bartz, Ron Blake, Russel Blake, George Braith, Bobby Broom, Ronnie Burrage, George Cables, Tommy Campbell, James Carter, Kenny Davis, Billy Drummond, Jon Faddis, Sammy Figueroa, Gene Ghee, Craig Handy, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, Javon Jackson, Steve Jordan, Rodney Kendrick, Joe Lovano, Yoshiaki Masuo, Bennie Maupin, Bill O’Connell, Chris Potter, Rufus Reid, Wallace Roney Jr., Bill Saxton, Avery Sharpe, Mark Soskin, Gary Thomas, Henry Threadgill, Camille Thurman, Charles Tolliver, Steve Turre, Orion Turre, Donald Vega, Peter Washington, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Lenny White, Eric Wyatt and Victor See Yuen. (Personnel subject to change.)

https://jazzfoundation.org/SonnyRollins

 

 

 

A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins.  Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat 

 

 

A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sonny Rollins.  Photo: RZ Media/ NYCultureBeat 

 

 

 

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https://www.nyculturebeat.com/?mid=Music2&document_srl=4183055