This article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader Sonny Rollins.
| Sonny Rollins discography | |
|---|---|
 Rollins performing solo at the San Francisco Opera House in February 1982 | |
| Studio albums | 49 |
| Live albums | 11 |
| Appearances | 25 |
Studio albums
editLive albums
edit| 1957 | A Night at the Village Vanguard | Blue Note |
| 1959 | Sonny Rollins at Music Inn | MetroJazz |
| 1959 | Oleo 1959 | Old Style |
| 1962 | Our Man in Jazz | RCA Victor |
| 1965 | There Will Never Be Another You | Impulse! |
| 1973 | Sonny Rollins in Japan | Victor (Japan) |
| 1974 | The Cutting Edge | Milestone |
| 1978 | Don't Stop the Carnival | Milestone |
| 1985 | The Solo Album | Milestone |
| 1987 | G-Man | Milestone |
| 2001 | Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert | Milestone |
| 2008 | Road Shows, Vol. 1 | Emarcy |
| 2011 | Road Shows, Vol. 2 | Emarcy |
| 2014 | Road Shows, Vol. 3 | Okeh |
| 2016 | Road Shows, Vol. 4: Holding the Stage | Okeh |
As sideman
editWith Miles Davis
- Miles Davis and Horns (Prestige, 1951)
- Dig (Prestige, 1951)
- Collectors' Items (Prestige, 1953)
- Bags' Groove (Prestige, 1954)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- Duets (Verve, 1957)
- Sonny Side Up (Verve, 1957) - also with Sonny Stitt
With J. J. Johnson
- J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy, 1949 [1957]) – four tracks
- Mad Be-Bop (Savoy, 1949 [1978]) – eight tracks (as above, plus alternate takes)
- Trombone By Three (Prestige, 1949 [1956]) – album shared with Kai Winding and Bennie Green, original 78rpm issues under the New Jazz imprint
With Thelonious Monk
- Monk (Prestige, 1954)
- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1956)[1] – 10-inch issue released in 1953
- Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1957)
With Max Roach
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy, 1956) - with Clifford Brown
- Max Roach + 4 (EmArcy, 1956)
- Jazz in ¾ Time (EmArcy, 1956–57)
With others
- Kenny Dorham, Jazz Contrasts (Riverside, 1957)
- Art Farmer, Early Art (New Jazz, 1954)
- Babs Gonzales, Weird Lullaby (Blue Note/Capitol, 1949)
- Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1956)
- Abbey Lincoln, That's Him! (Riverside, 1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet, The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (Atlantic, 1959)
- Fats Navarro, The Fabulous Fats Navarro (Blue Note, 1949)
- Bud Powell, The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note, 1949)
- The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You (Rolling Stones Records, 1981)
- McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, and Al Foster, Milestone Jazzstars in Concert (Milestone, 1978)
References
edit- ^ Sheridan, Chris (2001). Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk. Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press. p. 295.
External links
edit- Sonny Rollins Discography Project accessed December 18, 2009