Sonny Rollins

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

‘Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass’ is an album recorded on July 10 & 11 1958, in quartet with a big band and released the same year by Metrojazz. Track Listing : 1.Grand Street (Sonny Rollins) – 06:04 . 2.Far Out East (Ernie Wilkins) – 04:31 . 3.Who Cares? (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) – 03:56 […]

‘Sonny Rollins on Impulse!’ is his first album recorded on July 8, 1965 to be released the same year on the Impulse! label. Track Listing : 1.On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 07:10 . 2.Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 11:14 . 3.Hold ‘Em Joe (Harry Thomas) – 05:30 […]

Miles Davis’ ‘Bags’ Groove’ is an album compiling material from two 10 LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternate takes recorded on June 29 & December 24, 1954 and released in 1957 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Bags’ Groove (Milt Jackson) [Take 1] – 11:16 . 2.Bags’ Groove (Milt Jackson) [Take 2] – 09:24 . […]

June 25, 1971 – Sonny Rollins is with Bobo Stenson (p), Arild Andersen (b) and Jon Christensen (d) at Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway

Sonny Rollins’ ‘Saxophone Colossus’ is a studio album recorded on June 22, 1956 with Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins & Max Roach and released in December 1956 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) – 06:49 . 2.You Don’T Know What Love Is (Gene De Paul, Don Raye) – 06:30 . 3.Strode Rode (Sonny […]

June 20, 2006 – Sonny Rollins performs with Clifton Anderson (tb), Bobby Broom (g), Bob Cranshaw (b), Victor Lewis (d) and Kimati Dinizulu (perc) at Vienne Jazz Festival in Vienne, France

Sonny Rollins’ ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ is a live album recorded on June 17, 1965 at Museum of Modern Art, New York and released in 1978 By Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 07:22 . 2.Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 9:13 . 3.Mademoiselle […]

Chet Baker, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Lester Bowie, Henry Mancini, Art Blakey, Jazz Messengers, Marcus Miller, Gil Evans Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, Karriem Riggins, Spyro Gyra. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 271 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 […]