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| | Biography - Sonny Rollins (Bio 276) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | In Harlem, Rollins's contemporaries included Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew, and Art Taylor. |
 | | Out of this core of future jazz superstars, Rollins was the first to break through by recording tracks with Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis, all before he was 20 years of age. |
 | | By the early Fifties, Rollins was recognized as one of the most promising, spontaneous, and creative tenor players on the jazz scene, sought after by Miles, Monk and the MJQ. |
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