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Sonny Rollins (07 Sep 1930 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (135)

Official

Album

  1. Sonny Rollins Plus 4 1956
  2. Moving Out 1956
  3. Work Time 1956
  4. Saxophone Colossus 27 Apr 1957
  5. Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 1957
  6. Sonny Rollins, Volume 2 1957
  7. Way Out West 1957
  8. The Sound of Sonny 1957
  9. Freedom Suite 1958
  10. Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass 1958
  11. Tour de Force 1958
  12. Newk’s Time Jan 1959
  13. Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders Jun 1959
  14. Sonny Boy 1961
  15. The Bridge Apr 1962
  16. What’s New? 1962
  17. Shadow Waltz 1962
  18. Now’s the Time! 1964
  19. Sonny Rollins on impulse! 1965
  20. The Standard Sonny Rollins 1965
  21. East Broadway Run Down 1966
  22. Sonny Rollins 1968
  23. Sonny Rollins’ Next Album 1972
  24. Horn Culture 1973
  25. Nucleus 1975
  26. Easy Living 1977
  27. The Way I Feel 1977
  28. Pure Gold Jazz 1978
  29. Don’t Ask 1979
  30. Love at First Sight 1980
  31. No Problem 1982
  32. Reel Life 1982
  33. A Night at the "Village Vanguard" Volume 2 25 Jun 1983
  34. Sunny Days, Starry Nights 1984
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Album - Live

  1. A Night at the Village Vanguard 1957
  2. Our Man in Jazz 1962
  3. The Cutting Edge 1974
  4. There Will Never Be Another You 1978
  5. Don't Stop the Carnival 1978
  6. A Night At The "Village Vanguard" Volume 3 25 Jun 1983
  7. The Solo Album 16 Dec 1985
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. Alfie 1966
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Album - Compilation

  1. First Recordings! 1971
  2. Vintage Sessions 1981
  3. After the Bridge 1982
  4. Contemporary Alternate Takes 1986
  5. The Essential Sonny Rollins On Riverside 1986
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Bootleg

Album

  1. Island Lady 1980
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Relationships (16)

Member Of

  1. Sonny Rollins Trio original, eponymous
  2. Sonny Rollins Plus Four original, eponymous
  3. Sonny Rollins Quartet original, eponymous
  4. Sonny Rollins Quintet original, eponymous
  5. The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet (Nov 1955)
  6. Bud Powell's Modernists
  7. Max Roach Quintet
  8. The Riverside Jazz Stars
  9. Babs Gonzales and His Orchestra
  10. Thelonious Monk Quartet
  11. Miles Davis Sextet
  12. Kenny Dorham Quintet
  13. Miles Davis and His Band
  14. Miles Davis All Stars
  15. The J.J. Johnson Quintet

Children

  1. Zen Vodou

Recordings by (585)

  1. There’s No Business Like Show Business 6:20 (1956)
  2. Paradox 4:59 (1956)
  3. Raincheck 6:00 (1956)
  4. There Are Such Things 9:29 (1956)
  5. It’s All Right With Me 6:07 (1956)
  6. Valse Hot 8:38 (1956)
  7. Kiss and Run 7:10 (1956)
  8. I Feel a Song Comin’ On 5:14 (1956)
  9. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) 2:31 (1956)
  10. Pent-Up House 8:53 (1956)
  11. Moving Out 4:31 (1956)
  12. Swingin' For Bumsy 5:48 (1956)
  13. Silk 'n' Satin 4:03 (1956)
  14. Solid 6:27 (1956)
  15. More Than You Know 10:48 (1956)
  16. You Don’t Know What Love Is 6:29 (27 Apr 1957)
  17. Strode Rode 5:14 (27 Apr 1957)
  18. Blue 7 11:14 (27 Apr 1957)
  19. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” 10:05 (27 Apr 1957)
  20. Solitude 7:51 (1957)
  21. Come, Gone 7:50 (1957)
  22. Wagon Wheels 10:09 (1957)
  23. There Is No Greater Love 5:15 (1957)
  24. Way Out West 6:28 (1957)
  25. Why Don’t I 5:43 (1957)
  26. Wail March 6:11 (1957)
  27. Misterioso 9:23 (1957)
  28. Reflections 7:02 (1957)
  29. You Stepped Out of a Dream 6:24 (1957)
  30. Poor Butterfly 6:06 (1957)
  31. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise 7:46 (1957) evening take
  32. Sonnymoon for Two 8:47 (1957)
  33. I Can't Get Started 4:33 (1957)
  34. Striver's Row 5:52 (1957)
  35. A Night in Tunisia 7:50 (1957) afternoon take
  36. Old Devil Moon 8:04 (1957)
  37. Decision 8:01 (1957)
  38. Cutie 5:53 (1957)
  39. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye 3:24 (1957)
  40. Dearly Beloved 3:05 (1957)
  41. Toot‐Toot Tootsie 4:24 (1957)
  42. Just in Time 3:59 (1957)
  43. The Last Time I Saw Paris 2:59 (1957)
  44. What Is There to Say 4:55 (1957)
  45. Mangoes 5:33 (1957)
  46. I'm an Ol' Cowhand 5:42 (1957)
  47. Bluesnote 6:59 (1957)
  48. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? 6:17 (1957)
  49. Plain Jane 9:57 (1957)
  50. Sonnysphere 9:36 (1957)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Capitolizing 2:44 Babs’ 3 Bips and a Bop (1949) tenor saxophone
  2. Professor Bop 2:28 Babs’ 3 Bips and a Bop (1949) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone
  3. St. Louis Blues 2:39 Babs Gonzales and His Orchestra (1949) tenor saxophone
  4. Dig 7:35 Miles Davis (05 Oct 1951) tenor saxophone
  5. My Old Flame 6:35 Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Lee Konitz (05 Oct 1951) tenor saxophone
  6. Conception 4:02 Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Lee Konitz (05 Oct 1951) tenor saxophone
  7. It’s Only a Paper Moon 5:25 Miles Davis (05 Oct 1951) tenor saxophone
  8. Hi-Lo 3:00 Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars (1951) tenor saxophone
  9. Opus V 2:38 Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars (1951) tenor saxophone
  10. Down 2:52 Miles Davis (1951) tenor saxophone
  11. Bouncing With Bud 3:04 Bud Powell (1951) tenor saxophone
  12. Wail 3:06 Bud Powell's Modernists (1951) tenor saxophone
  13. Fox Hunt 2:46 Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars (1951) tenor saxophone
  14. Elysees ?:?? Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars (1951) tenor saxophone
  15. Whispering 3:06 Miles Davis (1951) tenor saxophone
  16. Morpheus 2:25 Miles Davis (1951) tenor saxophone
  17. 52nd Street Theme 2:49 Fats Navarro (1951) tenor saxophone
  18. Bluing 9:56 Miles Davis (1953) tenor saxophone
  19. Out of the Blue 6:16 Miles Davis (1953) tenor saxophone
  20. Let’s Call This 5:07 Thelonious Monk (1954) tenor saxophone
  21. 52nd Street Theme 2:50 Bud Powell (1955) tenor saxophone
  22. Ezz-Thetic 9:20 Max Roach (12 Oct 1956) tenor saxophone
  23. Just One of Those Things 7:20 Max Roach (12 Oct 1956) tenor saxophone
  24. Mr. X 5:17 Max Roach (12 Oct 1956) tenor saxophone
  25. Body and Soul 6:52 Max Roach (12 Oct 1956) tenor saxophone
  26. Woody 'n You 6:54 Max Roach (12 Oct 1956) tenor saxophone
  27. Dr. Free-Zee 2:08 Max Roach (12 Oct 1956) tenor saxophone
  28. The Scene Is Clean 6:08 The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet (1956) tenor saxophone
  29. Kids Know 11:39 Sonny Rollins Quintet, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach (1956) tenor saxophone
  30. I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face 4:54 Sonny Rollins Quintet, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach (1956) tenor saxophone
  31. Vierd Blues 6:55 Miles Davis (1956) tenor saxophone
  32. Paul’s Pal 5:12 Sonny Rollins Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  33. When Your Lover Has Gone 6:13 Sonny Rollins Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  34. Medley: I Remember You / My Melancholy Baby / Old Folks / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Just Friends / My Little Suede Shoes / Star Eyes 26:55 Sonny Rollins Quintet, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach (1956) tenor saxophone
  35. Swingin' for Bumsy 5:48 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  36. There’s No Business Like Show Business 6:20 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  37. Raincheck 6:00 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  38. Gertrude’s Bounce 4:13 The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet (1956) tenor saxophone
  39. What Is This Thing Called Love 7:37 Clifford Brown (1956) tenor saxophone
  40. I’ll Remember April 9:16 The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet (1956) tenor saxophone
  41. Solid 6:27 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  42. Think of One (take one) 5:38 Thelonious Monk (1956) tenor saxophone
  43. Moving Out 4:31 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  44. Denial 5:40 Miles Davis (1956) tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  45. More Than You Know 10:48 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  46. The Serpent’s Tooth (take 2) 6:18 Miles Davis (1956) tenor saxophone
  47. Pent-Up House 8:53 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  48. I Feel a Song Comin’ On 5:14 Sonny Rollins (1956) tenor saxophone
  49. Blue Room (alternate take) 2:51 Miles Davis (1956) tenor saxophone
  50. Tenor Madness 12:16 Sonny Rollins Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone

Credited as (94)

  1. Sonny Rollins
  2. Modern Jazz Quartet and Sonny Rollins
  3. Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
  4. Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
  5. Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins & Horace Silver
  6. Miles Davis feat. Sonny Rollins
  7. Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins
  8. Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins
  9. Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins
  10. Sonny Rollins feat. Roy Hargrove
  11. Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet
  12. The Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins
  13. Sonny Rollins feat. Thad Jones
  14. Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
  15. Kenny Dorham Quintet with Sonny Rollins
  16. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins
  17. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
  18. Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins & Zoot Sims
  19. The Modern Jazz Quartet & Sonny Rollins
  20. Sonny Rollins & Max Roach
  21. Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner
  22. Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins
  23. Miles Davis, John Lewis & Sonny Rollins
  24. Sonny Rollins, Elvin Jones & Wilbur Ware
  25. Dizzy Gillespie & Sonny Rollins
  26. Sonny Rollins feat. Jim Hall
  27. Clark Terry Quintet, Sonny Rollins & Gary Burton Quartet
  28. Ray Brown with Sonny Rollins
  29. J.J. Johnson, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Paul Quinichette
  30. Sonny Rollins feat. Thelonious Monk
  31. Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet
  32. Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet feat. Art Blakey & Kenny Drew
  33. Clifford Brown & Sonny Rollins
  34. Kenny Dorham & Sonny Rollins
  35. Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins
  36. Sonny Rollins feat. The Modern Jazz Quartet
  37. Sonny Rollins feat. Miles Davis Quintet
  38. Miles Davis Quintet & Sonny Rollins
  39. Thelonious Monk Quintet & Sonny Rollins
  40. Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins
  41. Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins and Frank Foster
  42. Sonny Rollins feat. Herbie Hancock
  43. Miles Davis featuring Sonny Rollins
  44. Thelonious Monk Quintet featuring Sonny Rollins
  45. Sonny Rollins & Clifford Brown
  46. Sonny Rollins , John Coltrane
  47. Sonny Rollins with John Coltrane
  48. Pat Metheny with Sonny Rollins & with His Trio
  49. Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins
  50. Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, The Modern Jazz Quartet, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins
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Works (65)

Wrote

  1. Caring Type
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Composed

  1. Airegin (1954)
  2. The Everywhere Calypso
  3. Come, Gone
  4. Funky Hotel Blues
  5. Scoops
  6. Oleo
  7. Doxy
  8. Here’s to the People
  9. Young Roy
  10. Carvin' the Rock
  11. No Moe
  12. Playin' in the Yard
  13. Keep Hold of Yourself
  14. Cutie
  15. Doc Phil
  16. Kids Know
  17. Evans
  18. East Broadway Rundown
  19. Without a Song
  20. Alfie’s Theme
  21. He’s Younger Than You Are
  22. Street Runner With Child
  23. Transition Theme for Minor Blues (Or Little Malcolm Loves His Dad)
  24. On Impulse
  25. Alfie’s Theme Differently
  26. À tes seins
  27. The Stopper
  28. Swingin' for Bumsy
  29. Moving Out
  30. Arroz con pollo
  31. Blue Seven
  32. Silk 'n' Satin
  33. Paradox
  34. St. Thomas
  35. Plain Jane
  36. Airegin
  37. Why Don't I
  38. Oleo
  39. Strode Rode
  40. Blue 7
  41. Way Out West
  42. Paul's Pal
  43. No Moe
  44. Sonnymoon for Two
  45. St. Thomas
  46. The Freedom Suite
  47. The Freedom Suite
  48. Don’t Stop the Carnival
  49. Sunnymoon for Two
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Links (22)

Official Homepages

  1. http://sonnyrollins.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-144213
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118749552
  3. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/sonny-rollins/
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82144213
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sonny_rollins
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138991337
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bg2vq8

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny%20Rollins

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/443088

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/145264

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000039656

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738456/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/7368226

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299208

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6614

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VEzN9lxvG6KPR3QQGsebR
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/5142

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3364

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonny_Rollins.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3b47247e-5b57-49b6-a0ed-bad80243802a

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/sonnyrollins