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Sonny Fortune (19 May 1939 - 25 Oct 2018)

Male Person - United States

Releases (13)

Official

Album

  1. Long Before Our Mothers Cried 1974
  2. Awakening 1975
  3. Waves of Dreams 1976
  4. Serengeti Minstrel 1977
  5. With Sound Reason 1979
  6. Great Friends 1987
  7. Four in One 1994
  8. From Now On 1996
  9. In the Spirit of John Coltrane 11 Jan 2000
  10. Continuum 2003
  11. You and the Night and the Music 2007
  12. Infinity Is 04 Jun 2010
  13. Invitation 2010

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Elvin Jones Quartet saxophone

Recordings by (90)

  1. Long Before Our Mothers Cried 14:52 (1974)
  2. A Tribute to a Holiday (Billie) 6:01 (1974)
  3. Sound of Silents 8:58 (1974)
  4. Five for Trane 6:28 (1974)
  5. Wayneish 6:45 (1974)
  6. Triple Threat 10:27 (1975)
  7. Nommo 9:38 (1975)
  8. Sunshower 5:14 (1975)
  9. For Duke and Cannon 2:58 (1975)
  10. Awakening 12:16 (1975)
  11. Seeing Beyond the Obvious 6:16 (1976)
  12. A Space in Time 7:16 (1976)
  13. In Waves of Dreams 6:47 (1976)
  14. Revelation 9:39 (1976)
  15. Thoughts 10:19 (1976)
  16. Bacchanal 5:43 (1977)
  17. The Afro-Americans 7:26 (1977)
  18. There’s Nothing Smart About Being Stupid 6:50 (1977)
  19. Not All Dreams Are Real 5:55 (1977)
  20. Never Again Is Such a Long Time 6:16 (1977)
  21. Serengeti Minstrel 9:23 (1977)
  22. Igbob's Shuffle 4:55 (1979)
  23. Boy From Witbank 5:07 (1979)
  24. Francisco 3:13 (1979)
  25. Come In out of the Rain 5:28 (1979)
  26. Georgiana 8:12 (1979)
  27. Loneliness Returns 4:51 (1979)
  28. Afortunado 4:45 (1979)
  29. Cal Massey 3:52 (1987)
  30. Is it Not True, Simply Because You Cannot Believe it? 6:48 (1987)
  31. Equipoise 5:11 (1987)
  32. Synapse 10:12 (1987)
  33. East Harlem Nostalgia 8:43 (1987)
  34. Insight 9:53 (1987)
  35. Four in One 6:05 (1994)
  36. Criss Cross 5:05 (1994)
  37. Reflections 6:46 (1994)
  38. Monk’s Dream 7:42 (1994)
  39. Hornin’ In 6:24 (1994)
  40. Coming on the Hudson 4:02 (1994)
  41. Trinkle Tinkle 5:39 (1994)
  42. Pannonica 4:16 (1994)
  43. Hackensack 7:21 (1994)
  44. Ask Me Now 6:47 (1994)
  45. Five Four Train 5:48 (1995)
  46. Glue Fingers 9:55 (1996)
  47. This Side of Infinity 6:30 (1996)
  48. From Now On 7:26 (1996)
  49. Suspension 7:08 (1996)
  50. On Second and Fifth 5:26 (1996)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Yesterday 2:34 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  2. Sonny's Mood 3:35 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  3. Trip on the Strip 4:54 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  4. Invitation 7:56 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  5. HFR 6:08 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  6. Corn Flakes 4:26 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  7. This Is All I Ask 2:49 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune (1966) saxophone
  8. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay 3:15 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  9. My Girl 3:25 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  10. Chili Beans 5:17 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  11. Cold Sweat 7:53 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  12. Respect 2:37 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  13. Hot Dog 3:49 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  14. Up, Up and Away 3:56 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  15. Baby What You Want Me to Do 2:38 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  16. Green Onions 4:55 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  17. In the Midnight Hour 2:55 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  18. Groovin’ 3:02 Mongo Santamaría (1968) saxophone
  19. Are You Happy? 2:30 George Benson (1969) saxophone
  20. Jackie, All 2:17 George Benson (1969) saxophone
  21. Tell It Like It Is 2:54 George Benson (1969) saxophone
  22. Soul Limbo 3:24 George Benson (1969) saxophone
  23. Land of 1000 Dances 2:47 George Benson (1969) saxophone
  24. Because / Come Together 7:25 George Benson (1970) alto saxophone
  25. Something / Octopus’s Garden / The End 6:22 George Benson (1970) alto saxophone
  26. Golden Slumbers / You Never Give Me Your Money 4:48 George Benson (1970) alto saxophone
  27. Here Comes the Sun / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 9:02 George Benson (1970) alto saxophone
  28. Oh! Darling 4:00 George Benson (1970) alto saxophone
  29. Ebony Queen 9:00 McCoy Tyner (1972) soprano saxophone
  30. Valley of Life 5:19 McCoy Tyner (1972) flute
  31. Native Song 12:59 McCoy Tyner (1972) woodwind
  32. Sahara 23:26 McCoy Tyner (1972) flute, soprano saxophone
  33. Bad Walking Woman 5:01 Leon Spencer (1972) alto saxophone
  34. Song for My Lady 7:33 McCoy Tyner (1972) saxophone
  35. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 8:13 McCoy Tyner (1972) saxophone
  36. A Silent Tear 4:29 McCoy Tyner (1972) saxophone
  37. Essence 11:13 McCoy Tyner (1972) woodwind
  38. A Prayer for My Family 4:48 McCoy Tyner (1972) woodwind
  39. Rebirth 5:21 McCoy Tyner (1972) alto saxophone
  40. Afro Blue 10:01 McCoy Tyner (1973) woodwind
  41. The Divine Love 7:32 McCoy Tyner (1973) flute
  42. Prince of Peace 8:51 Pharoah Sanders (1973) woodwind, alto saxophone
  43. Some Day 6:51 McCoy Tyner (1973) woodwind
  44. Balance 12:43 Pharoah Sanders (1973) woodwind, alto saxophone
  45. Little Brother 10:12 McCoy Tyner (1973) woodwind
  46. Where I'm Coming From 5:32 Leon Spencer (1973) alto saxophone
  47. Song of the New World 6:50 McCoy Tyner (1973) flute
  48. Izipho Zam 28:50 Pharoah Sanders (1973) woodwind, alto saxophone
  49. Ife 21:35 Miles Davis (19 Apr 1974) flute, soprano saxophone
  50. Long Before Our Mothers Cried 14:52 Sonny Fortune (1974) woodwind

Credited as (10)

  1. Sonny Fortune
  2. Gary Bartz & Sonny Fortune
  3. Sonny Fortune, Jerry González, Chano Domínguez, Sammy Figueroa, Alex Acuña & John Benitez
  4. Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune
  5. Ernst Bier, Matthias Bätzel, Karl Schloz with Sonny Fortune
  6. Ernst Bier, Matthias Bätzel, Karl Schloz, Sonny Fortune
  7. Sonny Fortune, Jerry González, John Benitez, Chano Domínguez, Alex Acuña & Sammy Figueroa
  8. George Benson, Gary Burton, Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Sonny Fortune, Thad Jones, Jean‐Luc Ponty & Bill Watrous
  9. Stanley Cowell / Sonny Fortune / Billy Harper / Billy Hart / Reggie Workman
  10. Stanley Cowell, Sonny Fortune, Billy Harper, Billy Hart, Reggie Workman

Works (4)

Composed

  1. For Duke and Cannon
  2. Awakening
  3. Thoughts
  4. Awakening

Links (13)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.sonnyfortune.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87809568
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134375904
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87809568
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bt2hvc
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138940583
  6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sonny-fortune

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/433294

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/260898

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000795269

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1750107/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/14958162

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491089