at 81, roll ins is a living link to giants like charlie parker, john coltrane and miles davis.ll of whom he knew and played with. and to the harlem neighborhood where he grew up, where jazz was everywhere. >> music all over. when i went to public school, they would pass by the famous cotton club. you remember that. >> brown: sure. >> we walked by going to school. i was just immersed in it from the beginning really. >> brown: it was everywhere, but you're essentially self-taught. >> i consider myself a primitive because.... >> brown: what does that mean? >> i've had to explain that a lot. it means sort of that when i got... when my mother let me the second saxophone, i went into the bedroom, you know, and i just started playing. i didn't know what i was doing but i was in a zone. i was already doing something. >> brown: in fact, rollins was a sensation even as a teenager. he performed and recorded with leading players of the day. his first album as a band leader came in 1951 and many more followed. >> playing with those great people like charlie parker and miles davis and all th

charlie parker is the investment editor of "citywide ."he explained to me why the german leader is at the center of this crisis. >> germany is the only economy in europe that has the fire power to solve this problem. if they want to keep europe together, they will have to pay for it. whether they keep for it in an obvious way by giving loans or whether they find some mission, like effectively the bank buying banks, ultimately it falls on germany. while merkel is the problem, she is also the only possible solution. >> let's talk about olympus the japanese camera meth maker. he met with directors for the first time since revealing one of the biggest corporate scandals in history. he says he would like to rejoin the company but it is up to share holders. >> i am not obsessed about returning back. i have a wonderful position and i will be comfortably well off. i was fired for gross misconduct. if any of you look at the case. so if i'm not wanted back, and if the share holders will make the decision, then that's fine by me. >> turning our atten

in nightclubs and in movies and on records, jazz greats such as charlie parker and john coltrane madexophone their own. and the saxophone insinuated itself into the wider popular culture as well. >> excuse me, i hate to bug a busy bird but i want to learn the sacks and i need a helpful word. >> osgood: such as such diverse artists assess me street's hoots the owl. and, of course, former president bill clinton. sadly, we lost the true masde) of the saxophone just this past june with the death at age 69 of clarence clemons who did so much to shape the distinctive sound of bruce springsteen's e-street band. nonetheless we suspect somehow that this relatively new born instrument still has a very, very long run ahead of it. >> osgood: ahead, the museum that wal-mart built. i was taking a multivitamin... but my needs changed... i wanted support for my heart... and now i get it from centrum specialist heart. new centrum specialist vision... helps keep my eyes healthy. centrum specialist energy... helps me keep up with them. centrum specialist prenatal... supports my child's growth and develo