BIll Milkowski won the 2026 Jazz Journalists Award for Excellence in Writing.

The Saxophone Colossus and inspiration to us all passed yesterday at age 95 I feel blessed to have witnessed Sonny Rollins in concert on so many special occasions. There was his solo sax performance at the Museum of Modern Art on July 19, 1985, where he strolled the sculpture garden outdoors, occasionally catching the pitch of a passing ambulance or cop car and instantly doubling it and harmonizing with it. It was the single greatest act of pure improvisational genius that I

The great bassist-singer and former Cream frontman would've turned 83 last week. We revisit his amazing career.