Sonny Rollins's Saxophone Colossus
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Video Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QtwXvu1uGA
Description: Sonny Rollins didn’t pose for the cover of *Saxophone Colossus* on a postcard-perfect overlook; instead, that cobalt-blue portrait mirrors the moody inner landscape of mid‑1950s New York, where he was pushing the tenor sax to its harmonic limits. As you stand in Manhattan at the PopSpots-marked site (Map‑2B/Grid‑4C), imagine Rollins leaving a tiny club in the small hours, horn case in hand, still hearing the echoes of “St. Thomas” and “Blue 7” in his head. The album’s title wasn’t bravado so much as a prophecy—capturing a young player about to reshape modern jazz from the streets of this city. This is one of the many story-filled stops in the MusicRoadTrip.com App.
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