ROLLINS, THEODORE WALTER (SONNY
). Jazz saxophonist ( in New York, New York). His father played clarinet. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of New York, beginning study of the alto saxophone in high school. In 1947 he began playing professionally (tenor saxophone). During the next decade or so he played and/or recorded with various groups, including
Babs Gonzales (née Lee Brown)
,
Earl (Bud
) Powell
, Theodore (Fats
) Navarro, James (. J.
) Johnson...