Sonny Rollins

Born: 
09/07/1930
City: 
NYC
Region: 
New York
Country: 
USA
Years Active: 
1949-2012
Genre(s): 
Bop
Hard Bop
Funk Jazz
Instruments: 
Sax
Notable Equipment: 
Tenor Sax
Former Members: 
Kenny Dennis
Associated Artists: 
Art Blakey
Donald Byrd
Betty Carter
Paul Chambers
Miles Davis
Jack DeJohnette
Kenny Drew
Tommy Flanagan
Roy Haynes
Percy Heath
Elvin Jones
Philly Joe Jones
Thelonious Monk
Oscar Pettiford
Max Roach
Horace Silver
Doug Watkins
Recorded With: 
Kenny Dorham
Modern Jazz Quartet
The Rolling Stones

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Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy Award-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. In 1981, Rollins was asked to play uncredited on three tracks by The Rolling Stones for their album Tattoo You, including the single, "Waiting on a Friend".

Discography

Blue Period
Released: 1951
Dig
Released: 1956
Collectors' Items
Released: 1956
Saxophone Colossus
Released: 1956
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
Released: 1956
Tenor Madness
Released: 1956
Thelonious Monk
Released: 1956
Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
Released: 1957
Sonny Side Up
Released: 1957
Bags' Groove
Released: 1957
Brilliant Corners
Released: 1957
Volume 2
Released: 1957
Alfie
Released: 1966
Don't Stop the Carnival
Released: 1978
There Will Never Be Another You
Released: 1978
Tattoo You
Released: 1981
Falling in Love with Jazz
Released: 1989
Old Flames
Released: 1993
Sonny Rollins + 3
Released: 1995

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
3rd Annual Jazz for Moderns 11/16/1958 Masonic Temple Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 11/09/1962 Mr. Kelley Lounge Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins Quartet 03/05/1963 Minor Key Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins Quartet 03/06/1963 Minor Key Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins Quartet 03/07/1963 Minor Key Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins Quartet 03/08/1963 Minor Key Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins Quartet 03/09/1963 Minor Key Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins Quartet 03/10/1963 Minor Key Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 04/08/1976 McDonel Kiva East Lansing Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 04/09/1976 McDonel Kiva East Lansing Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 04/10/1976 McDonel Kiva East Lansing Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 04/11/1976 Showcase Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 09/30/1977 UM Union Ann Arbor Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 10/01/1977 UM Union Ann Arbor Michigan USA
Jazz at the Institute 02/01/1978 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Michigan USA
The Milestone Jazz All-Stars 10/09/1978 Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor Michigan USA
The Milestone Jazz All-Stars 10/14/1978 Royal Oak Music Theater Royal Oak Michigan USA
Montreux-Detroit Kool Jazz Festival 09/05/1982 Hotel Pontchartrain Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 11/11/1984 Royal Oak Music Theater Royal Oak Michigan USA
Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival 08/31/1985 Hotel Pontchartrain Detroit Michigan USA
Sonny Rollins 07/17/1986 Riverbank Park Amphitheater Flint Michigan USA
Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival 09/04/1987 Hart Plaza Detroit Michigan USA
Ann Arbor Summer Festival 07/11/1989 Power Center Ann Arbor Michigan USA
Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival 09/01/1989 Hart Plaza Detroit Michigan USA
Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 09/12/1992 Michigan Theater (AA) Ann Arbor Michigan USA

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