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 Sonny Rollins

 
Name: Sonny Rollins
Nee: Theodore Walter Rollins
Born: 7 Sep 1930
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Instruments: Sax (Tenor)
Sonny Rollins started playing the piano at the age of nine even though his elder brother played the violin. He was destined though to play the saxophone and in 1944 he was playing the alto saxophone in high school. When he left school in 1947 he started gigging around New York on the tenor. Coleman Hawkins was his inspiartion. His first recording was with Babs Gonzales in 1948 for Capitol Records and not long after he was playing with Bud Powell, Fats Navarro and J.J. Johnson. By 1953 he had recorded with Art Blakey, Tadd Dameron, Miles Davies and Thelonious Monk.
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 Associated Artists
Clark Terry - Clifford Brown - Coleman Hawkins - Dizzy Gillespie - Elvin Jones - Gary Burton - Max Roach - Mickey Roker - Miles Davis - Ray Bryant - Sonny Stitt - The Modern Jazz Quartet - Thelonious Monk - Walter Booker - Wilbur Ware

 Recent UK Discography
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Stopper Audio CD
(Sonny Rollins)
28 Sep 2004
Giants of Jazz
Best of Sonny Rollins Audio CD (Import, Prestige)
(Sonny Rollins)
31 Aug 2004
Prestige
Sound Sof Sonny Audio CD (Us Import)
(Sonny Rollins)
17 Aug 2004
Riverside
Live in London Audio CD
(Sonny Rollins)
26 Jul 2004
Harkit
Worktime (Rmst) Audio CD (Import)
(Sonny Rollins)
20 Jul 2004
Prestige
Stopper/Oleo Audio CD
(Sonny Rollins)
25 May 2004
Membran
Sonny Rollins 2 (Jpn) (Rmst) Audio CD (Import)
(Sonny Rollins)
4 May 2004
Blue Note Japan
Blue Note Years, Vol. 6 Audio CD (Import)
(Sonny Rollins)
27 Apr 2004
Blue Note Japan
Sonny Rollins 2 (Jpn) (Ltd) (Rmst) Audio CD (Import)
(Sonny Rollins)
27 Apr 2004
Blue Note Japan
Night at the Village Vanguard (Jpn) (Ltd) Audio CD (Import)
(Sonny Rollins)
27 Apr 2004
Blue Note Japan
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