Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins had a long and prolific career in jazz. By the mid-1950s, he had already been named the "heir" to the great Charlie Parker and hailed as the next big saxophonist in the genre. His disappearance from the scene in 1959 came as a surprise to many jazz fans. Rollins was famously known for practicing for hours a day on the Williamsburg Bridge. He once said that he felt his mastery of the horn was never quite enough, and that he was always searching for further development in his sound and vocabulary. Rollins was a true master of bebop, but he also kept an open mind to other styles and traditions. One of his personal favorites was the sound of the Caribbean, which he famously played in one of his most celebrated tunes, "St. Thomas".