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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins [1] [2] (born September 7, 1930) [3] is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.
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 with the Modern Jazz Quartet (also released as Sonny & the Stars) is a 1956 compilation album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, featuring his earliest recordings for the Prestige label under his leadership, including four tracks performed by Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke), eight tracks where Kenny Drew and Art ...
Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Perhaps Rollins's best-known album, it is often considered his breakthrough record. [4] It was recorded monophonically on June 22, 1956, with producer Bob Weinstock and engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the latter's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Way Out West is a 1957 album by Sonny Rollins with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, neither of whom had previously played or recorded with Rollins.The music employs a technique called "strolling", used here by Rollins for the first time, in which he would solo over only bass and drums with no pianist or guitarist playing chords.
G-Man is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins.It was recorded at an outdoor concert on August 16, 1986, held at Opus 40 in Saugerties, New York.The concert was filmed for a documentary about Rollins, directed by Robert Mugge, before being released on record in November 1987 by Milestone Records.
Sonny Rollins on Impulse! is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Impulse! label, featuring performances by Rollins with Ray Bryant, Walter Booker and Mickey Roker. [2]
Sonny Rollins, also known as Sonny Rollins, Volume 1, is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded on December 16, 1956 and released on Blue Note the following year. [ 6 ] Track listing