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Sonny Rollins Discography
This article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader Sonny Rollins. Studio albums Live albums As sideman With Miles Davis * ''Miles Davis and Horns'' (Prestige, 1951) * ''Dig (Miles Davis album), Dig'' (Prestige, 1951) * ''Collectors' Items'' (Prestige, 1953) * ''Bags' Groove'' (Prestige, 1954) With Dizzy Gillespie * ''Duets (Dizzy Gillespie album), Duets'' (Verve, 1957) * ''Sonny Side Up'' (Verve, 1957) - also with Sonny Stitt With J. J. Johnson * ''J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets'' (Savoy, 1949 [1957]) – four tracks * ''Mad Be-Bop'' (Savoy, 1949 [1978]) – eight tracks (as above, plus alternate takes) * ''Trombone By Three'' (Prestige, 1949 [1956]) – album shared with Kai Winding and Bennie Green, original 78rpm issues under the New Jazz imprint With Thelonious Monk * ''Monk (1954 album), Monk'' (Prestige, 1954) * ''Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins'' (Prestige, 1956) – 10-inch issue released in 1953 * ''Brilliant Corners'' (Riverside, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including " St. Thomas", " Oleo", " Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus". Early life Rollins was born in New York City to parents from the United States Virgin Islands. The youngest of three siblings, he grew up in central Harlem and on Sugar Hill, receiving his first alto saxophone at the age of seven or eight. He attended Edward W. Stitt Junior High School and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in East Harlem. Rollins started as a pianist, changed to alto saxophone, and finally switched to tenor in 1946. During his high school years, he played in a band with other fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
