94 years old (Born on September 07, 1930)
Happy Birthday, Sonny Rollins! From making saxophone magic alongside Miles Davis in 1951—where you blew minds and set jazz ablaze—to trading musical jokes with Thelonious Monk, you've truly proven sax players have more fun. Nobody lays down a riff quite like the "Saxophone Colossus," though we still haven't figured out how your solos never seem to age.Even now, decades later, you're putting younger musicians to shame without missing a beat. Your latest honors remind us that you're not just legendary—you're timelessly cool. Here's wishing you another year filled with joyful improvisation and fewer people wondering if ‘Sonny’ is short for sunshine!