Sonny Rollins discography
Sonny Rollins discography | |
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Rollins performing solo at the San Francisco Opera House in February 1982 | |
Studio albums | 49 |
Live albums | 11 |
Appearances | 25 |
This article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader Sonny Rollins.
Studio albums
Date | Album | Label |
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1953 | Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet | Prestige |
1954 | Moving Out | Prestige |
1955 | Work Time | Prestige |
1956 | Sonny Rollins Plus 4 | Prestige |
1956 | Tenor Madness | Prestige |
1956 | Saxophone Colossus | Prestige |
1956 | Rollins Plays for Bird | Prestige |
1956 | Tour de Force | Prestige |
1956 | Sonny Boy | Prestige |
1957 | Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 | Blue Note |
1957 | Way Out West | Contemporary |
1957 | Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 | Blue Note |
1957 | The Sound of Sonny | Riverside |
1957 | Newk's Time | Blue Note |
1957 | Sonny Rollins Plays (split album with Thad Jones) | Period |
1958 | Freedom Suite | Riverside |
1958 | Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass | MetroJazz |
1958 | Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders | Contemporary |
1959 | St Thomas (In Stockholm, 1959) | Dragon |
1962 | The Bridge | RCA Victor |
1962 | Sonny's Time | Jazzland |
1962 | What's New? | RCA Victor |
1963 | Sonny Meets Hawk! | RCA Victor |
1964 | Now's the Time | RCA Victor |
1964 | The Standard Sonny Rollins | RCA Victor |
1965 | Sonny Rollins on Impulse! | Impulse! |
1966 | Alfie | Impulse! |
1966 | East Broadway Run Down | Impulse! |
1972 | Next Album | Milestone |
1973 | Horn Culture | Milestone |
1975 | Nucleus | Milestone |
1976 | The Way I Feel | Milestone |
1977 | Easy Living | Milestone |
1979 | Don't Ask | Milestone |
1980 | Love at First Sight | Milestone |
1981 | No Problem | Milestone |
1982 | Reel Life | Milestone |
1984 | Sunny Days, Starry Nights | Milestone |
1987 | Dancing in the Dark | Milestone |
1989 | Falling in Love with Jazz | Milestone |
1991 | Here's to the People | Milestone |
1993 | Old Flames | Milestone |
1996 | Sonny Rollins + 3 | Milestone |
1998 | Global Warming | Milestone |
2000 | This Is What I Do | Milestone |
2006 | Sonny, Please | Emarcy |
Live albums
1957 | A Night at the Village Vanguard | Blue Note |
1959 | Sonny Rollins at Music Inn | MetroJazz |
1959 | Oleo 1959 | Old Style |
1962 | Our Man in Jazz | RCA Victor |
1965 | There Will Never Be Another You | Impulse! |
1973 | Sonny Rollins in Japan | Victor (Japan) |
1974 | The Cutting Edge | Milestone |
1978 | Don't Stop the Carnival | Milestone |
1985 | The Solo Album | Milestone |
1987 | G-Man | Milestone |
2001 | Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert | Milestone |
2008 | Road Shows, Vol. 1 | Emarcy |
2011 | Road Shows, Vol. 2 | Emarcy |
2014 | Road Shows, Vol. 3 | Okeh |
2016 | Road Shows, Vol. 4: Holding the Stage | Okeh |
As sideman
With Miles Davis
- Miles Davis and Horns (Prestige, 1951)
- Dig (Prestige, 1951)
- Collectors' Items (Prestige, 1953)
- Bags' Groove (Prestige, 1954)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- 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 (Prestige, 1954)
- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1956)[1] – 10-inch issue released in 1953
- Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1957)
With Max Roach
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy, 1956) - with Clifford Brown
- Max Roach + 4 (EmArcy, 1956)
- Jazz in ¾ Time (EmArcy, 1956–57)
With others
- Kenny Dorham, Jazz Contrasts (Riverside, 1957)
- Art Farmer, Early Art (New Jazz, 1954)
- Babs Gonzales, Weird Lullaby (Blue Note/Capitol, 1949)
- Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1956)
- Abbey Lincoln, That's Him! (Riverside, 1957)
- Modern Jazz Quartet, The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (Atlantic, 1958)
- Fats Navarro, The Fabulous Fats Navarro (Blue Note, 1949)
- Bud Powell, The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note, 1949)
- The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You (Rolling Stones Records, 1981)
- McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, and Al Foster, Milestone Jazzstars in Concert (Milestone, 1978)
References
- ^ Sheridan, Chris (2001). Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk. Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press. p. 295.
External links
- Sonny Rollins Discography Project accessed December 18, 2009
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- Discography
- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
- Moving Out
- Work Time
- Sonny Rollins Plus 4
- Tenor Madness
- Saxophone Colossus
- Rollins Plays for Bird
- Tour de Force
- Sonny Boy
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1
- Way Out West
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
- The Sound of Sonny
- Freedom Suite
- Newk's Time
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
- The Bridge
- What's New?
- Our Man in Jazz
- Sonny Meets Hawk!
- Now's the Time
- The Standard Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
- Alfie
- East Broadway Run Down
- Next Album
- Horn Culture
- Nucleus
- The Way I Feel
- Easy Living
- Don't Ask
- Love at First Sight
- No Problem
- Reel Life
- Sunny Days, Starry Nights
- The Solo Album
- Dancing in the Dark
- Falling in Love with Jazz
- Here's to the People
- Old Flames
- Sonny Rollins + 3
- Global Warming
- This Is What I Do
- Sonny, Please
- A Night at the "Village Vanguard"
- There Will Never Be Another You
- The Cutting Edge
- Don't Stop the Carnival
- G-Man
- Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
- Road Shows, Vol. 1