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Sonny Rollins
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Sassofonisti tenori · 1930–2026

Sonny Rollins

Sassofonista e compositore statunitense (1930-2026)

Nascita
7 settembre 1930
Morte
25 maggio 2026
Woodstock
Paese
Stati Uniti
Attività
1947–2026
Etichette
Blue Note, Prestige, Contemporary Records
Discografia
76 album

Biografia

Sonny Rollins è stato un musicista jazz (sassofono tenore e sassofono soprano). Nato il 7 settembre 1930, morto il 25 maggio 2026 a Woodstock. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz e post-bop. Etichette: Blue Note, Prestige e Contemporary Records. La discografia qui comprende 76 album, da «Blows for LP» (1954) a «Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings» (2024). Tra i riconoscimenti: NEA Jazz Masters (1983), Paul Acket Award (1993) e Grammy Award alla carriera (2004).

Sonny Rollins, all'anagrafe Theodore Walter Rollins (New York, 7 settembre 1930 – Woodstock, 25 maggio 2026) è stato un sassofonista e compositore statunitense di musica jazz, considerato uno dei più importanti capiscuola dello stile hard bop.

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Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

Blows for LP 1954 · Prestige Moving Out 1956 · Prestige Sonny Rollins Plus 4 1956 · Prestige Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet 1956 · Prestige Work Time 1956 · Prestige A Night at the Village Vanguard 1957 · Live · Blue Note Saxophone Colossus 1957 · Prestige Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 1957 · Blue Note Sonny Rollins, Volume 2 1957 · Blue Note The Sound of Sonny 1957 · Riverside Way Out West 1957 · Contemporary Freedom Suite 1958 · Riverside Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass 1958 · MetroJazz Tour de Force 1958 · Prestige Newk’s Time 1959 · Blue Note Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders 1959 · Contemporary Sonny Boy 1961 · Prestige Our Man in Jazz 1962 · Live · RCA Victor Shadow Waltz 1962 The Bridge 1962 · RCA Victor What’s New? 1962 · RCA Victor Sonny Meets Hawk! 1963 · RCA Victor Now’s the Time! 1964 · RCA Victor Sonny Rollins on impulse! 1965 · impulse! The Standard Sonny Rollins 1965 · RCA Victor Alfie 1966 · impulse! East Broadway Run Down 1966 · impulse! Sonny Rollins 1968 · Everest Records Sonny Rollins’ Next Album 1972 · Milestone Horn Culture 1973 · Milestone Sonny Rollins in Japan 1973 · Live · Victor The Cutting Edge 1974 · Live · Milestone Nucleus 1975 · Milestone Easy Living 1977 · Milestone The Way I Feel 1977 · Milestone Don’t Stop the Carnival 1978 · Live · Milestone Pure Gold Jazz 1978 · RCA There Will Never Be Another You 1978 · Live · ABC Records Don’t Ask 1979
Island Lady 1980
Love at First Sight 1980 · Milestone No Problem 1982 · Original Jazz Classics Reel Life 1982 · Milestone A Night At The "Village Vanguard" Volume 3 1983 · Live · Blue Note A Night at the "Village Vanguard" Volume 2 1983 · Live · Blue Note Sunny Days, Starry Nights 1984 · Milestone
The Solo Album 1985 · Live · Milestone
Dancing in the Dark 1987 · Milestone G-Man 1987 · Live · Milestone Falling in Love With Jazz 1989 · Milestone New York, Greenwich Village, Village Vanguard, November 3, 1957 1989 · Live · Giants of Jazz Here’s to the People 1991 · Milestone Oleo 1992 Old Flames 1993 · Milestone Sonny Rollins + 3 1996 · Milestone Global Warming 1998 This Is What I Do 2000 · BMG Direct Toot Toot Tootsie 2001 · TIM Cz Live In London 2004 · Live Without a Song - The 9/11 Concert 2005 · Live · Milestone Records Sonny, Please 2006 · Universal Music Ltda. Paris 1965 / Copenhagen 1968 2008 · Live · Gambit Records Road Shows, Volume 1 2008 · Live · EmArcy Road Shows, Vol. 2 2011 · Live · Doxy Records Road Shows, Volume 3 2014 · Live · Doxy Records Road Shows, Vol. 4: Holding the Stage 2016 · Live · Doxy Records
Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins: Together at Newport 1963 2016
Complete Sonny Rollins In Japan 2018 · Live · Victor Rollins in Holland 2020 · Resonance Records
Buffalo 78 2023 · Live
Live at Finlandia Hall Helsinki 1972 2023 · Live · Svart Jazz Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings 2024 · Live · Resonance Records
2006-05-13: Barbican, London, England, UK · Live
Bossa Nova
Happy 90th
Ruza (Live Belgrade '74) · Live

Suona anche in

Album in cui Sonny Rollins compare come sideman

1951 The New Sounds — Miles Davis tenor saxophone
1951 Fats Navarro Memorial Album — Fats Navarro tenor saxophone
1951 Modern Jazz Trombones — Kai Winding, Jay Jay Johnson tenor saxophone
1953 Blue Period — Miles Davis tenor saxophone
1954 Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins — Miles Davis tenor saxophone
1956 Collectors’ Items — Miles Davis tenor saxophone
1956 Dig — Miles Davis featuring Sonny Rollins tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
1956 Monk — Thelonious Monk tenor saxophone
1956 Max Roach + 4 — Max Roach tenor saxophone
1957 Bags’ Groove — Miles Davis tenor saxophone
1957 Brilliant Corners — Thelonious Monk tenor saxophone
1957 Jazz in ¾ Time — Max Roach tenor saxophone
1957 That’s Him! — Abbey Lincoln with The Riverside Jazz Stars tenor saxophone
1957 Jazz Contrasts — Kenny Dorham tenor saxophone
1957 The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 — Fats Navarro tenor saxophone
1958 Duets — Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt tenor saxophone
1959 Sonny Side Up — Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins saxophone, tenor saxophone
1959 The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, Volume 2 — The Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins tenor saxophone
1961 Early Art — Art Farmer tenor saxophone
1979 Milestone Jazzstars in Concert — Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
1992 J.J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets — J.J. Johnson tenor saxophone
2001 Complete the Amazing Bud Powell — Bud Powell tenor saxophone
2009 The Lost Rehearsals 1953-1956 — Clifford Brown tenor saxophone
2009 The Complete Quebec Jam Session — Clifford Brown tenor saxophone
2011 At The Cotton Club 1956 — Clifford Brown tenor saxophone

Standard scritti da Sonny Rollins

TitoloTonalitàFormaGroove
Oleo Si♭ maggiore AABA · 32 swing veloce
St. Thomas Do maggiore A · 16 latin
Airegin Fa minore ABAC · 36 swing veloce
Doxy Si♭ maggiore A · 16 swing medio
Pent Up House Sol maggiore A · 16 swing veloce
Sonnymoon For Two Si♭ maggiore A · 12 swing medio-veloce
Tenor Madness Si♭ maggiore A · 12 swing medio-veloce
No Moe Si♭ maggiore AABA · 32 swing veloce
Valse Hot La♭ maggiore A · 16 valzer jazz
Decision Fa minore A · 13 swing medio
Alfie's Theme Si♭ minore AABA · 32 swing medio

Assoli analizzati di Sonny Rollins

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Dischi storici a 78 giri

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Domande frequenti

Che strumento suonava Sonny Rollins?

Sonny Rollins è noto per sassofono tenore e sassofono soprano.

Quando e dove è nato Sonny Rollins?

Sonny Rollins è nato 7 settembre 1930.

Quali sono gli album più noti di Sonny Rollins?

Nel nostro archivio ci sono, tra gli altri, Blows for LP (1954), Moving Out (1956), Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (1956), Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet (1956) e Work Time (1956).

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