Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophone colossus, dies at 95

Sonny Rollins, the legendary saxophonist known as the 'colossus of the saxophone', has died at age 95. The news was announced on his website and confirmed by publicist Terri Hinte. No cause of death was given. Rollins was one of the most influential jazz musicians, releasing over 60 albums since the late 1940s. He collaborated with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, and was considered as innovative as John Coltrane, with whom he recorded the 1956 album 'Tenor Madness'. His compositions include classics like 'Airegin', 'Doxy', 'Oleo', and 'St. Thomas'.