(1930-09-07) September 7, 1930 (age 93) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
hard bop
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
bandleader
Instrument(s)
Tenor saxophone
soprano saxophone
Years active
1947–2014
Labels
Prestige
Blue Note
Contemporary
RCA Victor
Impulse!
Milestone
Doxy
Okeh
EmArcy
Website
sonnyrollins.com
Musical artist
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins[1][2] (born September 7, 1930)[3] is an American former jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.[3][4] In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser".[5]
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^ abNastos, Michael G. (September 7, 1930). "Sonny Rollins | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^Garner, Dwight (March 18, 2024). "This Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress - The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
^Fordham, John (May 11, 2010). "50 great moments in jazz: The rise of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins". The Guardian. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American former jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important...
article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader SonnyRollins. With Miles Davis Miles Davis and Horns (Prestige, 1951) Dig (Prestige...
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Sonny Side Up is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and the tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and SonnyRollins, recorded in December 1957 in New York...
The Standard SonnyRollins is an album by jazz saxophonist SonnyRollins, his last release for RCA Victor, featuring performances by Rollins with Herbie...
(Richard A. Whiting and Raymond B. Egan and Gus Kahn, 1921) Airegin (SonnyRollins, 1954) Aisha (McCoy Tyner, 1961) Alabamy Bound (Ray Henderson and Buddy...
SonnyRollins Plus 4 is a jazz album by SonnyRollins, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach...
Colossus is the sixth studio album by American jazz saxophonist SonnyRollins. Perhaps Rollins's best-known album, it is often considered his breakthrough record...
SonnyRollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (also released as Sonny & the Stars) is a 1956 compilation album by jazz saxophonist SonnyRollins, featuring...
the last studio record Rollins made in the 1950s. Following the recording of "SonnyRollins and the Contemporary Leaders", Rollins toured Europe in the...
of Sonny is an album by jazz saxophonist SonnyRollins, his first recorded for the Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Sonny Clark...
and SonnyRollins 1958: The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (Roost) 1958: Sonny Stitt (Argo) 1958: Burnin' (Argo) 1959: The Hard Swing (Verve) 1959: Sonny Stitt...
December 18, 1952 (side B) Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows For LP, Featuring SonnyRollins (Prestige PrLP 166) – recorded on November 13, 1953 Thelonious Monk...
reissued on Verve Records as SonnyRollins/Brass - SonnyRollins/Trio. One side of the original LP featured performances by Rollins with a big band including...
Rollins Plays for Bird is a 1957 album by jazz saxophonist SonnyRollins, recorded for the Prestige label, featuring performances by Rollins with Kenny...
quintet contained SonnyRollins on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on double bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Rollins was replaced...
"Airegin" is a jazz standard composed by American jazz saxophonist SonnyRollins in 1954. Rollins chose the name "Airegin", as it is an anadrome of "Nigeria"...
Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Art Pepper, SonnyRollins, Mal Waldron, and Cedar Walton. He was one of the house drummers for...
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