Sonny Rollins

March 30, 1988 – Sonny Rollins performs with Clifton Anderson (tb), Jerome Harris (g), Mark Soskin (p), Bob Cranshaw (b) and Al Foster (d) at Nerima Bunka Center in Tokyo, Japan

March 23, 1962 – do not miss the Sonny Rollins Quartet featuring Jim Hall at “Jazz Casual” on American television. More Info

Sonny Rollins’ ‘Plus Four’ is an album (also titled ‘3 Giants!’) recorded March 22, 1956 with pianist Richie Powell and trumpeter Clifford Brown and released the same year by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Valse Hot (Sonny Rollins) – 08:36 . 2.Kiss And Run (Sam Coslow) – 07:08 . 3.I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy […]

Bill Frisell’s ‘Have a Little Faith’ is his fourth album recorded in March 1992 with Don Byron, Kermit Driscoll, Guy Klucevsek and Joey Baron and released the same year by Elektra Nonesuch. Track Listing : 1.The Open Prairie: From Billy The Kid (Aaron Copland) – 03:11 . 2.Street Scene In A Frontier Town: From Billy […]

Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Buddy Rich & His Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard, Les Mccann & Eddie Harris, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz & Flora Purim, Milton Nascimento & Naná Vasconcelos, Bobby Mcferrin. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 230 Posts […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘Way Out West’ is an album recorded on March 7, 1957 with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne and released the same year by Contemporary. Track Listing : 1.I’M An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) (Johnny Mercer) – 05:42 . 2.Solitude (Duke Ellington) – 07:52 . 3.Come, Gone (Sonny Rollins) – 07:53 . […]

Sonny Rollins ‘Freedom Suite’ is an album recorded on February 11 & March 7, 1958 with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach and released the same year by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.The Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins) – 19:17 . 2.Someday I’Ll Find You (Noël Coward) – 04:35 . 3.Will You Still Be Mine? (Tom Adair, […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘The Bridge’ is an album recorded on January 30, February 13 & 14, 1962 and released In 1962 by Bluebird/RCA, three years after his unexpected early retirement in 1959. Track Listing : 1.Without A Song (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 07:28 . 2.Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy Mchugh) – 05:10 […]

Wes Montgomery, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Joe Lovano, Archie Shepp, Hugh Masekela & Jabu Nkosi, Sonny Rollins, Lenny White, Michael Brecker, SFJazz Collective, Chick Corea & Gary Burton. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 220 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist […]

‘The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery’ is his fourth album recorded on January 26–27, 1960 and released the same year by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.Airegin (Sonny Rollins) – 04:26 . 2.D-Natural Blues (Wes Montgomery) – 05:23 . 3.Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 04:44 . 4.Four On Six (Wes […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘Alfie’ is an album featuring music from the British film of the same name, recorded on January 26, 1966 and released the same year by Impulse! Track Listing : 1.Alfie‘S Theme (Sonny Rollins) – 09:41 . 2.He’S Younger Than You Are (Sonny Rollins) – 05:09 . 3.Street Runner With Child (Sonny Rollins) – […]

Phil Woods’ ‘Musique du Bois’ is a studio album recorded with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis & Alan Dawson and released on January 14, 1974 by Muse. Track Listing : 1.Samba Du Bois (Phil Woods) – 06:58 . 2.Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) – 10:07 . 3.Nefertiti (Wayne Shorter) – 08:23 . 4.The Last Page […]

‘Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street’ is the last album (aka ‘At Basin Street’) officially recorded the Brown & Roach Quintet on January 4 & February 16-17, 1956 and released in 1956 By Emarcy. Track Listing : 1.What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) – 07:33 . 2.Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing […]

Branford Marsalis’ ‘Trio Jeepy’ is an album recorded on January 3-4, 1988 with bassist Milt Hinton and released in June 1989 By Sony Music. Track Listing : 1.Housed From Edward (Branford Marsalis) – 09:27 . 2.The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 10:30 . 3.Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 05:07 […]

Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘Sonny Side Up’ is an album recorded in December 1957 with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stittand released in 1958 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy Mchugh, Dorothy Fields) – 05:43 . 2.The Eternal Triangle (Sonny Stitt) – 14:10 . 3.After Hours (Avery Parrish) – 12:21 . […]

Sonny Rollins’ ‘No Problem’ is an album recorded between December 9 and 15, 1981 with Bobby Broom, Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw and Tony Williams and released the same year by Milestone. Track Listing : 1.No Problem (Sonny Rollins) – 07:40 . 2.Here You Come Again (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 05:32 . 3.Jo Jo (Bobby […]

Dinah Shore, Andy Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner , Dave Brubeck, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall, Jean Luc Ponty, Herbie Hancock. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 244 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are […]

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) […]