Sonny Rollins

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Relationships

member of:Miles Davis Sextet (ended)
Thelonious Monk Quartet (ended)
Bud Powell's Modernists
Miles Davis All Stars
Babs Gonzales and His Orchestra
The J.J. Johnson Quintet
Kenny Dorham Quintet
Miles Davis and His Band (Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter & Walter Bishop, Jr.)
The Riverside Jazz Stars
Max Roach Quintet
The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet (from 1955-11 to present)
original eponymous member of:Sonny Rollins Quartet
Sonny Rollins Quintet
Sonny Rollins Trio
Sonny Rollins Plus Four
children:Zen Vodou
signed by:impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s‐70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label)
part of:Polar Music Prize (in 2007: number: 2007) (order: 30)
picture:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonny_Rollins.jpg [info]
IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738456/ [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/artist/145264 [info]
official homepages:http://sonnyrollins.com/ [info]
other databases:http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82144213 [info]
http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bg2vq8 [info]
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138991337 [info]
https://d-nb.info/gnd/118749552 [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sonny_rollins [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/sonny-rollins/ [info]
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-144213 [info]
BBC Music:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3b47247e-5b57-49b6-a0ed-bad80243802a [info] (until 2020-11-19)
social networking:https://twitter.com/sonnyrollins [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VEzN9lxvG6KPR3QQGsebR [info]
https://www.deezer.com/artist/5142 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000039656 [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6614 [info]
VIAF ID:7368226 [info]
Wikidata:Q299208 [info]
Songkick:https://www.songkick.com/artists/443088 [info]
Last.fm:https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny Rollins [info]
streaming page:https://tidal.com/artist/3364 [info]

Appearances

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
arranged
Stop the CarnivalRon Carter, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner6:51
To a Wild Rose (live, 1974-07-06: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland)Sonny Rollins8:40
instruments
1949-01-20Capitolizing (1949-01-20, mx. 3393-2)tenor saxophoneThree Bips and a Bop2:44
1949-01-20Professor Bop (1949-01-20, mx. 3394-1)tenor saxophone [tenor sax]Three Bips and a Bop2:28
1949-01-20Professor Bop (1949-01-20, mx. 3394-1)tenor saxophoneThree Bips and a Bop2:28
1949-04-27Real Crazy (1949-04-27, mx. 3780)tenor saxophoneBabs Gonzales and His Orchestra2:24
1949-04-27St. Louis Blues (1949-04-27, mx. 3779)tenor saxophoneBabs Gonzales and His Orchestra2:39
1949-04-27Then You’ll Be Boppin’ Too (1949-04-27, mx. 3781)tenor saxophoneBabs Gonzales and His Orchestra2:24
1949-04-27When Lovers They Lose (1949-04-27, mx. 3782)tenor saxophoneBabs Gonzales and His Orchestra3:23
1949-05-11Audubontenor saxophoneJ.J. Johnson2:45
1949-05-11Bee Jaytenor saxophoneJ.J. Johnson2:24
1949-05-11Don't Blame Metenor saxophoneJ.J. Johnson2:46
1949-05-11Goof Squaretenor saxophoneJ.J. Johnson2:23
1949-05-26Elyseetenor saxophoneSonny Rollins3:10
1949-05-26Elyseetenor saxophoneKenny Dorham?:??
1949-05-26Elyseestenor saxophoneJay Jay Johnson And His All Stars?:??
1949-05-26Elyssestenor saxophoneJay Jay Johnson2:52
1949-05-26Fox Hunttenor saxophoneJay Jay Johnson And His All Stars2:46
1949-05-26Hi-Lotenor saxophoneJay Jay Johnson And His All Stars3:00
1949-05-26Hi-Lotenor saxophoneSonny Rollins2:45
1949-05-26Opus Vtenor saxophoneJay Jay Johnson And His All Stars2:38
1949-08-0852nd Street Themetenor saxophoneBud Powell's Modernists2:51
1949-08-0852nd Street Themetenor saxophoneBud Powell2:50
1949-08-08Boucing With Bud IItenor saxophoneBud Powell's Modernists3:05
1949-08-08Bouncing With Budtenor saxophoneBud Powell's Modernists3:03
1949-08-08Bouncing With Budtenor saxophoneBud Powell3:04
1949-08-08Bouncing With Bud (alternate take #1)tenor saxophoneBud Powell3:06
1949-08-08Bouncing With Bud (alternate take #2)tenor saxophoneBud Powell3:16
1949-08-08Dance of the Infidelstenor saxophoneBud Powell's Modernists2:54
1949-08-08Dance of the Infidels (alternate take)tenor saxophoneBud Powell2:50
1949-08-08Wailtenor saxophoneBud Powell's Modernists3:06
1949-08-08Wail (alternate take)tenor saxophoneBud Powell2:43
1949-08-0952nd Street Themetenor saxophoneFats Navarro2:49
1951-01-17Blue Roomtenor saxophoneMiles Davis3:00
1951-01-17Blue Room (alternate take)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:51
1951-01-17Blue Room (alternate take)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:48
1951-01-17Blue Room (take 1)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:50
1951-01-17Downtenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:53
1951-01-17Downtenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:52
1951-01-17I Knowtenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:32
1951-01-17Morpheustenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:25
1951-01-17Morpheustenor saxophoneMiles Davis2:22
1951-01-17Whisperingtenor saxophoneMiles Davis3:07
1951-01-17Whisperingtenor saxophoneMiles Davis3:04
1951-06-02Downtenor saxophoneMiles Davis7:25
1951-06-02Half Nelsontenor saxophoneMiles Davis7:39
1951-06-02Movetenor saxophoneMiles Davis6:19
1951-10-05Bluingtenor saxophoneMiles Davis9:56
1951-10-05Conceptiontenor saxophoneMiles Davis, Stan Getz & Lee Konitz4:03
1951-10-05Denialalto saxophoneMiles Davis5:41
1951-10-05Denialtenor saxophoneMiles Davis5:41
1951-10-05Digtenor saxophoneMiles Davis7:35
1951-10-05It’s Only a Paper Moontenor saxophoneMiles Davis5:25
1951-10-05My Old Flametenor saxophoneMiles Davis, Stan Getz & Lee Konitz6:35
1951-10-05Out of the Bluetenor saxophoneMiles Davis6:17
1951-12-17Mambo Bouncetenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:25
1951-12-17Newk’s Fadeawaytenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet3:15
1951-12-17On a Slow Boat to Chinatenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:42
1951-12-17Scoopstenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:17
1951-12-17Shadracktenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:35
1951-12-17This Love of Minetenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:27
1951-12-17Time on My Handstenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet2:43
1951-12-17With a Song in My Hearttenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet3:09
1953-01-22I Knowtenor saxophoneSonny Rollins2:31
1953-01-30’round Midnight (WOR Studio, New York, US: 1953-1-30)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis7:07
1953-01-30Compulsion (RVG Studios, NJ, US: 1953-1-30)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis5:47
1953-01-30The Serpent's Tooth, Itenor saxophoneCharlie Parker7:02
1953-01-30The Serpent's Tooth, IItenor saxophoneCharlie Parker6:21
1953-01-30The Serpent’s Tooth (take 1)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis7:02
1953-01-30The Serpent’s Tooth (take 2)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis6:19
1953-10-07Almost Like Being in Lovetenor saxophoneThe Modern Jazz Quartet3:25
1953-10-07In a Sentimental Moodtenor saxophoneThe Modern Jazz Quartet3:20
1953-10-07No Moetenor saxophoneSonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet3:32
1953-10-07The Stoppertenor saxophoneThe Modern Jazz Quartet2:59
1953-11-13Friday the 13thtenor saxophoneThelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins10:34
1953-11-13Let’s Call This (studio, 1953-11-13; quintet recording for Prestige)tenor saxophoneThelonious Monk5:08
1953-11-13Think of One (take 1)tenor saxophoneSonny Rollins5:39
1953-11-13Think of One (take 2)tenor saxophoneSonny Rollins5:43
1953-11-13Think of One (take one) (studio, 1953-11-13; quintet recording for Prestige)tenor saxophoneThelonious Monk5:39
1953-11-13Think of One (take two) (studio, 1953-11-13; quintet recording for Prestige)tenor saxophoneThelonious Monk5:46
1954-01-20Confab in Tempotenor saxophoneArt Farmer3:58
1954-01-20I'll Take Romancetenor saxophoneArt Farmer5:00
1954-01-20Soft Shoetenor saxophoneArt Farmer5:03
1954-01-20Soft Shoetenor saxophoneSonny Rollins5:01
1954-06-29Airegintenor saxophoneSonny Rollins5:03
1954-06-29Airegintenor saxophoneMiles Davis4:59
1954-06-29But Not for Metenor saxophoneMiles Davis With Sonny Rollins5:11
1954-06-29But Not for Metenor saxophoneMiles Davis5:45
1954-06-29But Not for Me (take 1)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis5:40
1954-06-29But Not for Me (take 2)tenor saxophoneMiles Davis4:37
1954-06-29Doxytenor saxophoneSonny Rollins4:50
1954-06-29Doxytenor saxophoneMiles Davis4:53
1954-06-29Doxytenor saxophoneMiles Davis With Sonny Rollins4:51
1954-06-29Oleotenor saxophoneMiles Davis With Sonny Rollins5:11
1954-06-29Oleotenor saxophoneMiles Davis5:12
1954-06-29Oleotenor saxophoneSonny Rollins5:17
1954-08-18Moving Outtenor saxophoneSonny Rollins4:31
1954-08-18Silk 'n' Satintenor saxophoneSonny Rollins3:58
1954-08-18Silk 'n' Satintenor saxophoneSonny Rollins4:03
1954-08-18Solidtenor saxophoneSonny Rollins6:27
1954-08-18Swingin' for Bumsytenor saxophoneSonny Rollins5:48
1954-10-25I Want to Be Happytenor saxophoneSonny Rollins feat. Thelonious Monk7:46
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produced
AmandaSonny Rollins5:50
Falling in Love With LoveSonny Rollins4:50
For All We KnowSonny Rollins7:42
I Should CareSonny Rollins7:33
Little Girl BlueSonny Rollins7:41
SisterSonny Rollins7:04
Tennessee WaltzSonny Rollins6:19
vocals
1957-11-03Introductionspoken vocalsSonny Rollins0:21
1957-11-03Introductionspoken vocalsSonny Rollins0:37
instruments
Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Streettenor saxophoneClifford Brown & Max Roach
Milestone Jazzstars in Concerttenor saxophoneRon Carter, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner
Milestone Jazzstars in Concertsoprano saxophoneRon Carter, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner
Tenor Madness (mono reissue)tenor saxophoneSonny Rollins Quartet
produced
Sonny Rollins Plays G-Man and Other Music for the Soundtrack of the Robert Mugge Film "Saxophone Colossus" (reissue)Sonny Rollins
composed
1954Airegin (instrumental)
À tes seins (Saint Thomas)
Airegin (with lyrics)
Alfie’s Theme
Alfie’s Theme Differently
Alfie’s Theme Differently
Are You Ready
Arroz con pollo
Azalea
Blue 7
Blue Seven
Carvin' the Rock
Come, Gone
Cosmet
Cutie
Doc Phil
Don’t Stop the Carnival
Doxy
East Broadway Rundown
Evans
Funky Hotel Blues
Grand Street
Gwaligo
He’s Younger Than You Are
Here’s to the People
John S.
Keep Hold of Yourself
Kids Know
Lucille
Mambo Bounce
Moving Out
No Moe (Bill Frisell arr.)
No Moe
Oleo
Oleo
On Impulse
Paradox
Paul's Pal
Paul's Pal
Pent-Up House
Plain Jane
Playin' in the Yard
Scoops
Silk 'n' Satin
Solid
Sonnymoon for Two
St. Thomas
St. Thomas (Wayne Francis arrangement)
Street Runner With Child
Strode Rode
Sunnymoon for Two
Swingin' for Bumsy
Tenor Madness
The Bridge
The Everywhere Calypso
The Freedom Suite (David S. Ware arrangement)
The Freedom Suite
The Stopper
Transition Theme for Minor Blues (Or Little Malcolm Loves His Dad)
Valse Hot
Way Out West
Why Don't I
Without a Song
Young Roy
wrote
Caring Type