{"product_id":"saxophone-colossus-9780306902802","title":"Saxophone Colossus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the American Book Award (2023)**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ​**Longlisted for the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the “Saxophone Colossus,” he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz improvisers of all time, winning Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden’s Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts. A bridge from bebop to the avant-garde, he is a lasting link to the golden age of jazz, pictured in the iconic “Great Day in Harlem” portrait. His seven-decade career has been well documented, but the backstage life of the man once called “the only jazz recluse” has gone largely untold—until now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on more than 200 interviews with Rollins himself, family members, friends, and coll\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883961758039,"sku":"9780306902802","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780306902802.jpg?v=1722529796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saxophone-colossus-9780306902802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}