Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins records with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach ‘Freedom Suite’ for Riverside (1958)

Sonny Rollins 'Freedom Suite' is an album recorded on February 11 & March 7, 1958 with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach and released the same year by Riverside.Track Listing :...

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Sonny Rollins begins the recording of the album ‘The Bridge’ (1962)

Sonny Rollins' 'The Bridge' is an album recorded on January 30, February 13 & 14, 1962 and released In 1962 by Bluebird/RCA, three years after his unexpected early retirement in...

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Sonny Rollins records ‘Alfie,’ an album for Impulse! (1966)

Sonny Rollins' 'Alfie' is an album featuring music from the British film of the same name, recorded on January 26, 1966 and released the same year by Impulse!Track Listing :...

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Dizzy Gillespie records, with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, ‘Sonny Side Up,’ an album for Verve (1957)

Dizzy Gillespie's 'Sonny Side Up' is an album recorded in December 1957 with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stittand released in 1958 by Verve.Track Listing : 1.On The Sunny Side Of...

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Sonny Rollins finishes the recording of ‘No Problem’ with Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Broom et al (1981)

Sonny Rollins' 'No Problem' is an album recorded between December 9 and 15, 1981 with Bobby Broom, Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw and Tony Williams and released the same year by...

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Sonny Rollins records ‘Tour de Force’ with Kenny Drew, George Morrow, Max Roach and Earl Coleman (1957)

Sonny Rollins ' 'Tour de Force' is an album recorded on December 7, 1956 with Kenny Drew, George Morrow, Max Roach and vocals by Earl Coleman on two tracks and...

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Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins record the album ‘Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins’ for Prestige (1953)

Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins' is an album recorded during three sessions (November 13, 1953, September 22 and October 25, 1954) with different personnel and released the same year by...

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Sonny Rollins goes to Portugal (1976)

November 13, 1976 - Sonny Rollins is at the Cascais Jazz Festival in Portugal

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Sonny Rollins records ‘A Night at the Village Vanguard,’ an album for Blue Note (1957)

Sonny Rollins' 'A Night at the Village Vanguard' is an album recorded on November 3, 1957 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Old Devil Moon (E.Y....

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The Sonny Rollins Sextet plays in Madrid (1993)

October 26, 1993 - The Sonny Rollins Sextet featuring Bob Cranshaw, Clifton Anderson and Jerome Harris.is in Madrid, Spain

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Sonny Rollins visits Warsaw (1980)

October 23, 1980 - Sonny Rollins is with Mark Soskin (p), Jerome Harris (b) and Al Foster (d) at "Jazz Jamboree" in Warsaw, Poland

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Prestige Records tape ‘Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet’ (1953)

Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet' is an album (including four tracks performed with the Modern Jazz Quartet) recorded on January 17, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953...

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Miles Davis records ‘Dig’ with Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey for Prestige (1951)

Miles Davis 'Dig' is an album recorded on October 5, 1951 with Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey and released the same year by Prestige.Track Listing : 1.Dig (Miles...

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Happy Birthday Sonny Rollins. ‘Still Rockin’Rollins’

This day (September 7, 1930), in New York City, is born Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . There Will Never Be Another You (1965)...

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Sonny Rollins headlines in Detroit (2012)

August 31, 2012 - Sonny Rollins headlines at the "Detroit Jazz Fest" in Detroit, MI

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Sonny Rollins records ‘G-Man,’ a live album, at Opus 40 In Saugerties, NY (1986)

Sonny Rollins 'G-Man' is a live album recorded on August 16, 1986.Track Listing : 1.G-Man (Sonny Rollins) - 15:19 . 2.Kim (Sonny Rollins) - 5:58 . 3.Don'T Stop The Carnival...

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Bud Powell records ‘The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1’ with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes (1949)

'The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1' is an album recorded on August 9, 1949 in quintet and May 1, 1951 in trio and released the same year In 1951 by...

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Sonny Rollins attends a festival in Norway (1971)

August 5, 1971 - Sonny Rollins will play with Bobo Stenson (p), Arild Andersen (b) & Jon Christensen (d) at Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Norway

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Atlantic tape ‘The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2’ with Sonny Rollins on two numbers (1958)

'The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2' is a live album recorded on August 3 & 31, 1958 with Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers and released in...

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Sonny Rollins records ‘Easy Living’ with George Duke, Paul Jackson and Tony Williams (1977)

Sonny Rollins' 'Easy Living' is an album recorded between August 3 and 6, 1977 with George Duke, Paul Jackson and Tony Williams and released the same year by Milestone.Track listing...

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