Rose's nearest challenger was American John Huh, who sits on five-under while compatriot JohnRollins and Canada's Brad Fritsch are a shot further back.
The American's third round 67 leaves him on 17-under par, two shots clear of Canada's Graham DeLaet and three clear of America's JohnRollins (69) and South Africa's Ernie Els (68).
Ranking with John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins as one of the all-time great tenor sax players, jazz legend Sonny Rollins has been recording fiery, passionate and intelligent music for nearly 60 years.