Sonny Rollins

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 released in 1957 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Ee-Ah (Sonny Rollins) – 06:52 . 2.B. Quick (Sonny Rollins) – 09:13 . 3.Two Different Worlds (Al […]

Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Paquito D’Rivera, Tete Montoliu, Sonny Rollins, United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Phil Woods, Sheila Jordan, Benny Carter All Stars, Freddie Hubbard, Masada, Miles Davis, Sam Rivers, Charles Mingus. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 277 Posts we publish this […]

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 Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 05:13 . 2.I Want To Be Happy (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) […]

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

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. Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 07:43 . 2.Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Sigmund Romberg) – 06:39 . 3.Striver’S Row (Sonny […]

John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Mwandishi, Benny Goodman, Gil Evans, Freddie Hubbard, Sun Ra, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano,Terence Blanchard. They are the “Jazz Legends (“Jazz tours Europe”)” performers selected among the 310 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist […]

‘Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet’ is an album recorded on May 11 & October 26, 1956 and featuring John Coltrane and released in 1957 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.If I Were A Bell (Frank Loesser) – 08:15 . 2.You’Re My Everything (Harry Warren) – 05:18 . 3.I Could Write A Book (Richard Rodgers) […]

‘Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet’ is an album recorded on October 26, 1956 and featuring John Coltrane and released in 1957 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers) – 06:04 . 2.Blues By Five (Red Garland) – 010:23 . 3.Airegin (Sonny Rollins) – 04:26 . 4.Tune Up/When Lights Are Low (Miles […]

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

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

October 22, 2015 – Ravi Coltrane, James Carter, Billy Harper, George Cables, Buster Williams and Jack DeJohnette and many more, they all play at “Jazz Federation of America’s lifetime achievement award in honor of Sonny Rollins” held at The Apollo Theater,in New-York City

Thelonious Monk’s ‘Brilliant Corners’ is a studio album recorded on October 9, 15 and December 7, 1956 and released In 1957 by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) – 07:42 . 2.Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Thelonious Monk) – 13:24 . 3.Pannonica (Thelonious Monk) – 08:50 . 4.I Surrender, Dear (Barry Harris)- 05:25 . 5.Bemsha […]

October 7, 1995 – you do not want to miss Brandy singing her hit “Baby” at “Soul Train” on a TV channel near you.

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 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Stopper (Sonny Rollins) – 02:59 . 2.Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 03:26 . […]

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 Davis) – 07:33 . 2.It’S Only A Paper Moon (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 05:23 . 3.Denial (Miles Davis) – 05:39 . […]

Brad Mehldau Trio’s ‘Where Do You Start’ is an album featuring Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard and released on September 17, 2012 by Nonesuch. Track Listing : 1.Got Me Wrong (Jerry Cantrell) – 05:24 . 2.Holland (Sufjan Stevens) – 08:46 . 3.Brownie Speaks (Clifford Brown) – 08:13 . 4.Baby Plays Around (Cait O’Riordan, Elvis Costello) […]

This day (September 7, 1930), in New York City, is born Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

August 31, 2012 – Sonny Rollins headlines at the “Detroit Jazz Fest” in Detroit, MI

The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tattoo You’ feat. ‘Start Me Up’ is their sixteentth studio album released on August 24,1981 by Rolling Stones Records. Track Listing : 1.Start Me Up (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 03:31 . 2.Hang Fire (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 02:20 . 3.Slave” (Remastered Cd Version Is 6:34) . 4.Little T&A (Mick Jagger, […]

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 (Traditional Arranged Sonny Rollins) – 11:18 . 4.Tenor Madness (Sonny Rollins) – 12:01 Musicians : Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone . Clifton Anderson – […]