Legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins turns 95 on Sept. 7.

Vancouver’s jazz scene is celebrating the date with the Vancouver Celebrates Sonny Rollins on his 95th Birthday concert series, running Sept. 3-7.

With a total of 11 concerts, each show is dedicated to an iconic album by the artist, dynamically interpreted by both established players and young lions making names for themselves on the local scene.

The tribute series is the latest development in a continuing local trend of Vancouver jazz musicians exploring everything from the soundtracks of Oscar-winning Japanese anime factory Studio Ghibli and Nintendo game compositions, to a pedal steel celebration of the music of jazz guitarist Bill Frissell at a downtown boxing gym on Sept. 20.

All of these concerts have something in c

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