Sonny Rollins discography
Introduction  This article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader Sonny Rollins.
Studio albums DateAlbumLabel1953''Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet''Prestige 1954''Moving Out''Prestige 1955''Work Time''Prestige 1956''Sonny Rollins Plus 4'' Prestige 1956''Tenor Madness''Prestige 1956''Saxophone Colossus''Prestige 1956''Rollins Plays for Bird''Prestige 1956''Tour de Force''Prestige 1956''Sonny Boy''Prestige 1957''Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1''Blue Note 1957''Way Out West''Contemporary1957''Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2''Blue Note 1957''The Sound of Sonny''Riverside 1957''Newk's Time''Blue Note 1957''Sonny Rollins Plays'' (split album with Thad Jones)Period 1958''Freedom Suite''Riverside 1958''Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass''MetroJazz 1958''Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders''Contemporary1959''St Thomas (In Stockholm, 1959)''Dragon1962''The Bridge''RCA Victor  1962''Sonny's Time''Jazzland 1962''What's New? ''RCA Victor1963''Sonny Meets Hawk! ''RCA Victor  1964''Now's the Time''RCA Victor  1964''The Standard Sonny Rollins''RCA Victor1965''Sonny Rollins on Impulse! ''Impulse!1966''Alfie''Impulse!1966''East Broadway Run Down''Impulse!1972''Next Album''Milestone1973''Horn Culture''Milestone1975''Nucleus''Milestone1976''The Way I Feel ''Milestone1977''Easy Living''Milestone1979''Don't Ask''Milestone1980''Love at First Sight''Milestone1981''No Problem''Milestone1982''Reel Life''Milestone1984''Sunny Days, Starry Nights''Milestone1987''Dancing in the Dark''Milestone 1989''Falling in Love with Jazz''Milestone1991''Here's to the People''Milestone1993''Old Flames''Milestone1996''Sonny Rollins + 3''Milestone1998''Global Warming''Milestone2000''This Is What I Do''Milestone2006''Sonny, Please''Emarcy
Live albums 1957''A Night at the Village Vanguard''Blue Note 1959''Sonny Rollins at Music Inn''MetroJazz1959''Oleo 1959''Old Style1962''Our Man in Jazz''RCA Victor1965''There Will Never Be Another You''Impulse!1973''Sonny Rollins in Japan''Victor (Japan)1974''The Cutting Edge''Milestone1978''Don't Stop the Carnival''Milestone1985''The Solo Album''Milestone1987''G-Man''Milestone2001''Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert'' Milestone2008''Road Shows, Vol. 1''Emarcy2011''Road Shows, Vol. 2''Emarcy2014''Road Shows, Vol. 3''Okeh2016''Road Shows, Vol. 4: Holding the Stage''Okeh
As sideman '''With 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) – 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)* Modern Jazz Quartet, ''The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2'' (Atlantic, 1958)* 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
External links * Sonny Rollins Discography Project accessed December 18, 2009