Dizzie by now was one of jazz's elder statesmen, whose trademark angled horn and bulging cheeks transformed his image from bebop rebel to beloved clown prince.

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More than most of his contemporaries, Rollins remained relevant in the '80s and '90s, continuing to release interesting and intensely melodic records that saw him make a graceful transition into one of jazz's elder statesmen.

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But then control was never one of the elder Cassavetes's concerns, so this is certainly faithful to the body of his work.

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