Sonny Rollins

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 – […]

‘The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1’ is an album recorded on August 9, 1949 in quintet and May 1, 1951 in trio and released the same year In 1951 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell) – 04:42 . 2.Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Yip Harburg) – 02:55 . 3.Ornithology […]

This day (August 9, 1942), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Jack DeJohnette, an American jazz drummer.

August 5, 1971 – Sonny Rollins will play with Bobo Stenson (p), Arild Andersen (b) & Jon Christensen (d) at Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Norway

Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Steps Ahead, Spyro Gyra, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Bergeron, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck, Doc Severinsen, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Wayne Shorter. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 241 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. […]

‘The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2’ is a live album recorded on August 3 & 31, 1958 with Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers and released in 1959 By Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Medley: Stardust/I Can’T Get Started/Lover Man (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish/Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin/Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘Easy Living’ is an album recorded between August 3 and 6, 1977 with George Duke, Paul Jackson and Tony Williams and released the same year by Milestone. Track listing : 1.Isn’t She Lovely? (Stevie Wonder) – 6:39 . 2.Down the Line (Sonny Rollins) – 07:59 . 3.My One and Only Love (Robert Mellin, […]

Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster, John Faddis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, VSOP II, Laurindo Almeida, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Santana, Gil Evans, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Globe Unity Orchestra, Ornette Coleman. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 290 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘Our Man in Jazz’ is an album recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 and February 20, 1963 and released by RCA Victor. Track listing : . Oléo (Sonny Rollins) – 25:26 . Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 08:17 . Doxy (Sonny Rollins) – 15:17 […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘The Solo Album’ is a live album featuring a solo performance recorded on July 19, 1985 and released the same yea by Milestone. Track Listing : 1.Soloscope, Part 1 (Sonny Rollins) – 28:15 . 2.Soloscope, Part 2 (Sonny Rollins) – 27:55 Musicians : Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone Production : Produced By Lucille […]

July 18, 1996 – Sonny Rollins is with Clifton Anderson (tb), Stephen Scott (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Victor See Yuen (perc), Harold Summey (d) at “Umbria Jazz Festival” in Perugia, Italy

July 13, 2012 – Sonny Rollins plays at “Umbria Jazz Festival” in Perugia, Italy