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I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show?
Sonny Rollins
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Sonny Rollins
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: September 7
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Theodore Walter Rollins
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