Sonny Rollins Catalog

1949 (The age of 19)

Various Artists - Bebop Professors (Capitol (J) CR 8812)

Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson (tb) Julius Watkins (frh) Jordan Fordin (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Linton Garner (p) Art Phipps (b) Jack "The Bear" Parker (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)

NYC, January 20, 1949

3393-3	Capitolizing
3394-4	Professor Bop

J.J. Johnson (tb) Alberto Socarras (fl) Don Redman (ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Bruce Lawrence (b, vo) Roy Haynes (d, vo) Babs Gonzales (vo)

NYC, April 27, 1949

3779-2

St. Louis Blues

** also issued on Capitol (J) ECJ 50073.

Babs Gonzales - Weird Lullaby (Blue Note CDP 7 84464-2)

J.J. Johnson (tb) Alberto Socarras (fl) Don Redman (ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Nance (vln -3) Wynton Kelly (p) Bruce Lawrence (b, vo) Roy Haynes (d, vo) Babs Gonzales (vo)

NYC, April 27, 1949

1. 3776-3	Real Crazy
2. 3777-4	Then You'll Be Boppin' Too
3. 3778-1	When Lovers They Lose

J.J. Johnson - Mad Be Bop (Savoy SJL 2232)

J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Shadow Wilson (d)

NYC, May 11, 1949

S36-130-1	Audobahn
S36-132-2	Goof Square
S36-132-4	-
S36-133-3	Bee Jay

J.J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy MG 12106)

J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Shadow Wilson (d): same session

NYC, May 11, 1949

S36-130-3	Audobahn (Audubon)
S36-131	Don't Blame Me
S36-132-8	Goof Square
S36-133-5	Bee Jay

J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding/Bennie Green - Trombone By Three (Prestige PRLP 7023)

Kenny Dorham (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Leonard Gaskin (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, May 26, 1949

JRC20B	Elysees
JRC21C	Opus V
JRC22C	Hi-Lo
JRC23D	Fox Hunt

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 091, OJCCD 091-2.
** part of Prestige PRLP 16-4.

The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1532)

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949

BN360-0	Bouncing With Bud (alt. take 1)
BN362-0	Dance Of The Infidels (alt. take)

The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1531)

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d): same session

WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949

BN360-1	Bouncing With Bud (alt. take 2)
BN361-0	Wail (alt. take)

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1503)

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d): same session

WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949

BN360-2	Bouncing With Bud
BN361-3	Wail
BN362-1	Dance Of The Infidels
BN363-1	52nd Street Theme

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81503 (pseudo stereo).

1951 (The age of 21)

Miles Davis And Horns (Prestige PRLP 7025)

Miles Davis (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Roy Haynes (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, January 17, 1951

128A	Morpheus
129B	Down
131A	Whispering

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7168 entitled "Early Miles 1951 & 1953". Prestige PR 7674 entitled "Early Miles". Fantasy OJC 053, OJCCD 053-2.

Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey, Kenny Drew (Prestige PRLP 7029)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Miles Davis (p) Percy Heath (b) Roy Haynes (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, January 17, 1951

132

I Know

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, December 17, 1951

267	Time On My Hands
268	Mambo Bounce
269	This Love Of Mine
270	Shadrack
271	On A Slow Boat To China
272	With A Song In My Heart
273	Scoops
274	Newk's Fadeaway

Sonny Rollins (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

NYC, October 7, 1953

509	In A Sentimental Mood
510	The Stopper
511	Almost Like Being In Love
512	No Moe

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7269 entitled "Rollins And The Stars". Prestige PR 7856 entitled "First Recordings!". Fantasy OJC 011, OJCCD 011-2.

Hooray For Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Session Disc 102)

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 2, 1951

	Move (Moo/Mod)
	Half Nelson (two)
	Down (Mick's Blues)
	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Various Artists - Conception (Prestige PRLP 7013)

Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as -1) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, October 5, 1951

1. 228	Conception
2. 233	My Old Flame

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 1726, OJCCD 1726-2.

Miles Davis - Dig (Prestige PRLP 7012)

Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as -1/5) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, October 5, 1951

1. 229	Out Of The Blue
2. 230	Denial
3. 231	Bluing, Pt. 1&2
4. -	Bluing, Pt. 3
5. 232	Dig
6. 234	It's Only A Paper Moon

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7281 entitled "Diggin' With The Miles Davis Sextet". Fantasy OJC 005, OJCCD 005-2.

1953

Miles Davis - Collector's Items (Prestige PRLP 7044)

Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Percy Heath (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, January 30, 1953

450	Compulsion
451-1	The Serpent's Tooth, I
451-2	The Serpent's Tooth, II
452	'Round About Midnight

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 16, 1956

864	In Your Own Sweet Way
865	No Line
866	Weird Blues

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 071, OJCCD 071-2.
** part of Prestige PR 24022.

Thelonious Monk - Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053)

Julius Watkins (frh) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Willie Jones (d)

NYC, November 13, 1953

531	Let's Call This
532-1	Think Of One (alt. take)
532-2	Think Of One

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7245 entitled "Wee See". Prestige PR 7363 entitled "The Golden Monk". Fantasy OJC 016, OJCCD 016-2.

Thelonious Monk And Sonny Rollins (Prestige PRLP 7075)

Julius Watkins (frh) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Willie Jones (d): same session

NYC, November 13, 1953

533	Friday The Thirteenth

Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Taylor (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 25, 1954

630	I Want To Be Happy
631	The Way You Look Tonight

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7169 entitled "Work". Prestige PR 7656 entitled "The Genius Of Thelonious Monk". Fantasy OJC 059, OJCCD 059-2.

1954

Art Farmer - Early Art (New Jazz NJLP 8258)

Art Farmer (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 20, 1954

553	Soft Shoe
554	Confab In Tempo
555	I'll Take Romance

** also issued on Prestige PR 7665; Fantasy OJCCD 880-2.

Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (Prestige PRLP 7109)

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 29, 1954

590	Airegin
591	Oleo
592-1	But Not For Me
592-2	But Not For Me (alt. take)
593	Doxy

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 245, OJCCD 245-2.
** part of Prestige PRLP 16-3.

Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (Prestige PRLP 7058)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 18, 1954

606	Movin' Out
607	Swinging For Bumsy
608	Silk 'N' Satin
609	Solid

Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Taylor (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 25, 1954

632	More Than You Know

** also issued on Prestige PR 7433 entitled "Jazz Classics". Fantasy OJC 058, OJCCD 058-2.

1955 (The age of 25)

Clifford Brown/Max Roach - Raw Genius 1 (Victor (J) SMJ 6185M)

Clifford Brown (tp) Nicky Hill, Sonny Rollins (ts) Billy Wallace (p) Leo Blevins (g) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

"Bee Hive Club", Chicago, IL, November 7, 1955

	I'll Remember April, Pt. 1&2
	Woody'n You
	Hot House

** part of Columbia JG 35965.

Clifford Brown/Max Roach - Raw Genius 2 (Victor (J) SMJ 6186M)

Clifford Brown (tp) Nicky Hill, Sonny Rollins (ts) Chris Anderson (p) Leo Blevins (g) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

"Bee Hive Club", Chicago, IL, November 7, 1955

Cherokee

** part of Columbia JG 35965.

Sonny Rollins - Worktime (Prestige PRLP 7020)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 2, 1955

826	There's No Business Like Show Business
827	Paradox
828	Raincheck
829	There Are Such Things
830	It's Alright With Me

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7246; Fantasy OJC 007, OJCCD 007-2. Prestige PR 7750 entitled "Worktime!".

1956

Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street (EmArcy MG 36070)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, January 4, 1956

12421-4	Gertrude's Bounce
12423-12	Powell's Prances

same personnel

NYC, February 16, 1956

12463-7	What Is This Thing Called Love?
12464-14	Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing

same personnel

NYC, February 17, 1956

12459-1	I'll Remember April
12460-8	Time
12461-16	The Scene Is Clean

Clifford Brown - The Quintet, Vol. 2 (EmArcy EMS 2-407)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same personnel

NYC, January 4, 1956

12422-10

Junior's Arrival (Step Lightly)

Clifford Brown - Pure Genius, Vol. 1 (Elektra/Musician E1 60026)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same personnel

probably live in NYC, early 1956

	I'll Remember April
	What's New?
	Daahoud
	Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
	52nd Street Theme

The Complete EmArcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown - Brownie (EmArcy 838 306-2)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same personnel

NYC, February 16, 1956

12463-6	What Is This Thing Called Love? (alt. take)
12464-1	Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (breakdown)
12464-2	Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (alt. take)

same personnel

NYC, February 17, 1956

12459-2	I'll Remember April (breakdown)
12462	Flossie Lou (rehearsal take)
12462-3	Flossie Lou (alt. take 1)
12462-7	Flossie Lou (alt. take 2)
12462-8	Flossie Lou (alt. take 3)

Clifford Brown - More Study In Brown (EmArcy (J) 195J 1)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same session

NYC, February 17, 1956

12459-3

I'll Remember April (alt. take)

The Immortal Clifford Brown (Limelight LM 2-8201)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same session

NYC, February 17, 1956

12462-9

Flossie Lou

** also issued on Limelight LS 2-8601.

Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (Prestige PRLP 7038)

Clifford Brown (tp -1/4) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, March 22, 1956

1. 867	I Feel A Song Comin' On
2. 868	Pent-Up House
3. 869	Valse Hot
4. 870	Kiss And Run
5. 871	Count Your Blessings

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7291 entitled "Sonny Rollins/Clifford Brown/Max Roach - 3 Giants!". Prestige PR 7821 entitled "Sonny Rollins/Clifford Brown/Max Roach - Three Giants". Fantasy OJC 243, OJCCD 243-2.

Max Roach - Clifford Brown Quintet Live At Basin Street, April, 1956 (Ingo (It) two)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same personnel

"Basin Street Club", NYC, April 28, 1956

	Valse Hot (Waltz Hot)
	I Feel A Song Comin' On

Willie Jones (d) replaces Roach

"Basin Street Club", NYC, May 6, 1956

	Sweet Clifford
	What's New?
	Daahoud

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (Prestige PRLP 7047)

Sonny Rollins (ts) John Coltrane (ts -5) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 24, 1956

1. 902	My Reverie
2. 903	The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
3. 904	Paul's Pal
4. 905	When Your Lover Has Gone
5. 906	Tenor Madness

** also issued on Prestige PR 7657; Fantasy OJC 124, OJCCD 124-2.

Clifford Brown - Brownie's Eyes, Vol. 7 (Philology (It) W 1008-2)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) probably Richie Powell (p) probably George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Bob Story (ann)

WIOR radio broadcast, "Continental Restaurant", Norfolk, VA, June 18, 1956

	Just One Of Those Things
	You Go To My Head
	Good Bait

Clifford Brown - Brownie's Eyes, Vol. 8 (Philology (It) W 1009-2)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Stitt (as -5) Sonny Rollins (ts) probably Richie Powell (p) probably George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Bob Story (ann)

WIOR radio broadcast, "Continental Restaurant", Norfolk, VA, June 18, 1956

1.	One For My Baby
2.	Someone To Watch Over Me
3.	What's New?
4.	These Foolish Things
5.	I Get A Kick Out Of You

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Prestige PRLP 7079)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Doug Watkins (b) Max Roach (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1956

918	You Don't Know What Love Is
919	St. Thomas
920	Strode Rode
921	Blue Seven
922	Moritat (Mack The Knife)

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7326; Fantasy OJC 291, OJCCD 291-2.

Max Roach + 4 (EmArcy MG 36098)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, September 17, 1956

13768	Mr. X
13769	Body And Soul
13770-4	Just One Of Those Things

same personnel

NYC, September 19, 1956

13764-6	Ezz-Thetic
13766	Woody'n You
13767	Dr. Free-Zee

** originally intended as EmArcy SR 80001.
** also issued on EmArcy (J) 195J 39 entitled "Max Roach + 4 & More".

Max Roach + 4 & More (EmArcy (J) 195J 39)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bill Wallace (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, March 18, 1957

15176-6	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
15178-5	Love Letters

same personnel

Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, March 20, 1957

15188-10

Minor Trouble

** reissue of EmArcy MG 36098 entitled "Max Roach + 4" + 7 bonus tracks.

Max Roach - Jazz In 3/4 Time (EmArcy MG 36108)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, September 19, 1956

13765

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Bill Wallace (p) replaces Bryant

Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, March 18, 1957

15175-10	I'll Take Romance
15177	Blues Waltz

same personnel

Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, March 20, 1957

15187-7	Little Folks
15189-4	Valse Hot

same personnel

Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, March 21, 1957

15194

Lover (mono edit)

** also issued on Mercury MG 20538.

Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird (Prestige PRLP 7095)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wade Legge (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 5, 1956

979	I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
980	Kids Know
982	Bird Medley: I Remember You / Star Eyes / My Melancholy Baby / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Old Folks / Just Friends / My Little Suede Shoes

** also issued on Prestige PR 7553; Fantasy OJC 214, OJCCD 214-2.

Sonny Rollins - Sonny Boy (Prestige PRLP 7207)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wade Legge (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d): same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 5, 1956

981	The House I Live In

Kenny Drew (p) replaces Dorham, Legge

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 7, 1956

1033

Sonny Boy

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 348, OJCCD 348-2.

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Riverside RLP 12-226)

Ernie Henry (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, October 9, 1956

	Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
	Pannonica

same personnel

NYC, October 15, 1956

Brilliant Corners

Clark Terry (tp) Paul Chambers (b) replaces Henry, Pettiford

NYC, December 7, 1956

Bemsha Swing

** also issued on Riverside RLP 1174; Fantasy OJC 026, OJCCD 026-2. Riverside RS 3000 entitled "Mighty Monk".
** part of Milestone M 47023.

Ernie Henry - Last Chorus (Riverside RLP 12-266)

Ernie Henry (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, October 9, 1956

Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (edited version)

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 086, OJCCD 1906-2.

Kenny Dorham 1953, 1956, 1964 (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 515)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

broadcast, "Bandstand USA", "Cafe Bohemia", NYC, October 10, 1956

	Valse Hot
	I Get A Kick Out Of You

Sonny Rollins - Tour De Force (Prestige PRLP 7126)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Earl Coleman (vo -2,3)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 7, 1956

1. 1031	B. Swift
2. 1032	My Ideal
3. 1034	Two Different Worlds
4. 1035	Ee-Ah
5. 1036	B. Quick

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 095, OJCCD 095-2.

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1542)

Donald Byrd (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Gene Ramey (b) Max Roach (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 16, 1956

tk.1	Decision
tk.2	Plain Jane
tk.5	Sonnysphere
tk.6	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
tk.8	Bluesnote

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81542 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7 81542-2.

1957

Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (Contemporary C 3530)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d)

Los Angeles, CA, March 7, 1957

	I'm An Old Cowhand
	Solitude
	Come, Gone
	Wagon Wheels
	There Is No Greater Love
	Way Out West

** also issued on Contemporary S 7530; Fantasy OJC 337, OJCCD 337-2. Stereo S 7017 entitled "Way Out West In Stereo".

Sonny Rollins - Contemporary Alternate Takes (Contemporary C 7651)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d): same session

Los Angeles, CA, March 7, 1957

	I'm An Old Cowhand (alt. take)
	Way Out West (alt. take)
	Come, Gone (alt. take)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Victor Feldman (vib -3) Hampton Hawes (p) Barney Kessel (g) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Shelly Manne (d)

Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 21 & 22, 1958

1.	I've Found A New Baby (alt. take)
2.	The Song Is You (alt. take)
3.	You (alt. take)

Max Roach - Jazz In 3/4 Time (EmArcy SR 80002)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bill Wallace (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)

Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, March 21, 1957

JB8	Lover (stereo edit)

** also issued on Mercury SR 60193.

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1558)

J.J. Johnson (tb -1,2,4/6) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p -1,2,4/6) Thelonious Monk (p -3,6) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 14, 1957

1. tk.1	Why Don't I?
2. tk.4	Wail March
3. tk.6	Reflections
4. tk.7	Poor Butterfly
5. tk.11	You Stepped Out Of A Dream
6. tk.12	Misterioso

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81558 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7 46818-2, CDP 7 81558-2, B1-ST 81558.

Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts (Riverside RLP 12-239)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Hank Jones (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, May 21, 1957

	But Beautiful
	I'll Remember April
	Falling In Love With Love
	La Villa

add Betty Glamann (harp)

NYC, May 27, 1957

My Old Flame

** also issued on Riverside RLP 1105; Fantasy OJC 028, OJCCD 028-2.
** part of Milestone M 47036.

Sonny Rollins - The Sound Of Sonny (Riverside RLP 12-241)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Sonny Clark (p -1,2) Percy Heath (b -1,2) Roy Haynes (d -1,2)

NYC, June 11, 1957

1.	Dearly Beloved
2.	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
3.	It Could Happen To You

same personnel

NYC, June 12, 1957

	Just In Time
	Toot, Toot, Tootsie
	Cutie
	Mangoes

Sonny Rollins (ts) Sonny Clark (p -2) Paul Chambers (b) Roy Haynes (d)

NYC, June 19, 1957

1.	The Last Time I Saw Paris
2.	What Is There To Say?

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 029, OJCCD 029-2.
** part of Milestone M 47007.

Various Artists - Blues For Tomorrow (Riverside RLP 12-243)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Paul Chambers (b) Roy Haynes (d)

NYC, June 19, 1957

Funky Hotel Blues

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 030, OJCCD 030-2.

Miles Davis - John Coltrane - Sonny Rollins (Ozone 18)

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor or Philly Joe Jones (d)

radio broadcast, "Cafe Bohemia", NYC, July 13, 1957

	Four (Roy's Romp)
	Bye Bye Blackbird

Miles Davis - Makin' Wax (Chakra (It) TH 100 MD)

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor or Philly Joe Jones (d): same session

radio broadcast, "Cafe Bohemia", NYC, July 13, 1957

It Never Entered My Mind

Miles Davis - Rare Unreleased Broadcasts (Yadeon (J) 502)

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor or Philly Joe Jones (d): same session

radio broadcast, "Cafe Bohemia", NYC, July 13, 1957

Walkin' (incomplete)

Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time (Blue Note BLP 4001)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p -1,2,4/6) Doug Watkins (b -1,2,4/6) Philly Joe Jones (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 22, 1957

1. tk.5	Tune Up
2. tk.9	Asiatic Race
3. tk.13	Surrey With The Fringe On Top
4. tk.15	Wonderful, Wonderful
5. tk.17	Namely You
6. tk.19	Blues For "Philly" Jones

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84001, CDP 7 84001-2.

Abbey Lincoln - That's Him (Riverside RLP 12-251)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p -1/6,8, b -7) Paul Chambers (b -1/6,8) Max Roach (d) Abbey Lincoln (vo)

NYC, October 28, 1957

1.	Strong Man
2.	Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe
3.	My Man
4.	That's Him
5.	I Must Have That Man
6.	Porgy
7.	Don't Explain
8.	When A Woman Loves A Man

** also issued on Riverside RLP 1107; Fantasy OJC 085, OJCCD 085-2.

Abbey Lincoln - That's Him (Fantasy OJCCD 085-2)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Max Roach (d) Abbey Lincoln (vo)

NYC, October 28, 1957

	I Must Have That Man (take 3)
	Porgy (take 1)

** reissue of Riverside RLP 12-251 + 2 bonus tracks.

Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note BLP 1581)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Don Bailey (b) Pete LaRoca (d)

"Village Vanguard", NYC, afternoon set, November 3, 1957

tk.2	A Night In Tunisia (afternoon)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Wilbur Ware (b) Elvin Jones (d)

"Village Vanguard", NYC, evening set, November 3, 1957

tk.10	That Ol' Devil Moon
tk.12	Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
tk.13	Sonnymoon For Two
tk.14	I Can't Get Started
tk.17	Striver's Row

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81581 (pseudo stereo).

Sonny Rollins - More From The Vanguard (Blue Note BN-LA 475-H2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Don Bailey (b) Pete LaRoca (d)

"Village Vanguard", NYC, afternoon set, November 3, 1957

tk.3	I've Got You Under My Skin

Sonny Rollins (ts) Wilbur Ware (b) Elvin Jones (d)

"Village Vanguard", NYC, evening set, November 3, 1957

tk.6	A Night In Tunisia (evening)
tk.7	Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (alt. take)
tk.8	Four
tk.9	Woody'n You
tk.11	What Is This Thing Called Love?
tk.15	I'll Remember April
tk.16	Get Happy (long version)
tk.18	All The Things You Are
tk.19	Get Happy (short version)

Sonny Rollins/Thad Jones - Sonny Rollins Plays (Period SPL 1204)

Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Gil Coggins (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Kenny Dennis (d)

NYC, November 4, 1957

	Sonnymoon For Two
	Like Someone In Love
	Theme From Pathetique Symphony

Dizzy Gillespie - Duets (Verve MGV 8260)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Charlie Persip (d)

NYC, December 11, 1957

21845-2 \| 62VK451	Wheatleigh Hall
21846	Sumphin'

** part of Verve VE2 2505.

Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins - Sonny Side Up (Verve MGV 8262)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Charlie Persip (d)

NYC, December 19, 1957

21857 \| 62VK497	The Eternal Triangle
21857A	On The Sunny Side Of The Street
21857B \| 62VK498	After Hours
21857C \| 63VK627	I Know That You Know

** part of Verve VE2 2505.

1958

Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (Riverside RLP 12-258)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, February 11, 1958

	Someday I'll Find You
	Will You Still Be Mine?
	Till There Was You (take 4)
	Shadow Waltz

same personnel

NYC, March 7, 1958

The Freedom Suite

** also issued on Jazzland JLP 86, JLP 986 entitled "Shadow Waltz". Riverside RS 3010; Fantasy OJC 067, OJCCD 067-2.
** part of Milestone M 47007.

Sonny Rollins - The Freedom Suite Plus (Milestone M 47007)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d): same personnel

NYC, February 11, 1958

Till There Was You (take 3)

** same contents as Riverside RLP 12-241 + RLP 12-258 + 2 bonus tracks.

Various Artists - Newport Jazz Festival 1958-59 (FDC (It) 1024)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Roy Haynes (d)

"Newport Jazz Festival", Newport, RI, July 7, 1958

I Want To Be Happy

Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass (Metro Jazz E 1002)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b -1/3) Charles "Specs" Wright (d -1/3)

Beltone Studios, NYC, July 10, 1958

1.	What's My Name? (mono edit)
2.	If You Were The Only Girl In The World
3.	Manhattan
4.	Body And Soul

Nat Adderley (cor) Reunald Jones, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry (tp) Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak (tb) Don Butterfield (tu) Sonny Rollins (ts) Dick Katz (p) Rene Thomas (g) Henry Grimes (b) Roy Haynes (d) Ernie Wilkins (arr, cond)

Metropolitan Studios, NYC, July 11, 1958

	Who Cares?
	Love Is A Simple Thing
	Grand Street (mono ending)
	Far Out East

** also issued on Metro Jazz SE 1002.

Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass (Metro Jazz SE 1002)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Charles "Specs" Wright (d)

Beltone Studios, NYC, July 10, 1958

What's My Name?

Metropolitan Studios, NYC, July 11, 1958

Grand Street (stereo ending)

** reissue of Metro Jazz E 1002.

Sonny Rollins - Brass And Trio (Verve V/V6 8430)

Metropolitan Studios, NYC, July 11, 1958

Grand Street (Verve ending)

The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Vol. 2: Gest Artist Sonny Rollins (Atlantic LP 1299)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Connie Kay (d)

"Music Inn", Lenox, MA, August 3, 1958

3937	Bags' Groove
3938	A Night In Tunisia

** also issued on Atlantic SD 1299.

Sonny Rollins At Music Inn/Teddy Edwards At Falcon's Lair (Metro Jazz E 1011)

Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p -3,4) Percy Heath (b) Connie Kay (d)

"Music Inn", Lenox, MA, August 3, 1958

1.	Limehouse Blues
2.	I'll Follow My Secret Heart
3.	You Are Too Beautiful
4.	Doxy

** also issued on Metro Jazz SE 1011.

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders (Contemporary M 3564)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Victor Feldman (vib -4) Hampton Hawes (p -1,2,4/8) Barney Kessel (g) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Shelly Manne (d -1,2,4/6,8)

Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 21 & 22, 1958

1.	I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
2.	Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
3.	How High The Moon
4.	You
5.	I've Found A New Baby
6.	Alone Together
7.	In The Chapel In The Moonlight
8.	The Song Is You

** also issued on Contemporary S 7564; Fantasy OJC 340, OJCCD 340-2.

1959

Sonny Rollins Trio In Sweden 1959 (Ingo (It) nine)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Joe Harris (d)

Stockholm, Sweden, February, 1959

	Paul's Pal
	Love Letters
	It Don't Mean A Thing

Sonny Rollins Trio In Stockholm 1959 - St. Thomas (Dragon (Swd) DRLP 73)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Pete LaRoca (d)

radio broadcast, Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1959

	Another Me, Another You
	I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
	Stay As Sweet As You Are
	How High The Moon
	Oleo

same personnel

Nalen, Sweden, March, 1959

	St. Thomas
	Paul's Pal

Sonny Rollins - Sonny Moon For Two (Moon (It) MCD 015-2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Pete LaRoca (d): same personnel

Stockholm, Sweden, March 5, 1959

	I Remember You
	I've Told Every Little Star
	Oleo
	Will You Still Be Mine?
	It Could Happen To You

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert Heath (d)

"Kongresshaus", Zurich, Switzerland, September 6, 1968

Sonnymoon For Two

Sonny Rollins - Aix En Provence 1959 (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 520)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Aix En Provence, France, March 11, 1959

	Woody'n You
	But Not For Me
	Lady Bird

Sonny Rollins - Sixties Standards (Bandstand (J) TKCB 70068)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Pete LaRoca (d)

Continental, March, 1959

	It Could Happen To You
	I Remember You
	Will You Still Be Mine?
	I've Told Ev'ry Little Star

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Continental, January, 1963

	Everything Happens To Me
	On Green Dolphin Street

Sonny Rollins (ts) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alan Dawson (d)

Continental, November, 1965

Night And Day

1962 (The age of 32)

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (RCA Victor LPM 2527)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Jim Hall (g) Bob Cranshaw (b) Harry Saunders (d)

NYC, January 30, 1962

God Bless The Child

Ben Riley (d) replaces Saunders

NYC, February 13, 1962

	John S
	You Do Something To Me
	Where Are You?

same personnel

NYC, February 14, 1962

	Without A Song
	The Bridge

Sonny Rollins - What's New? (RCA Victor LPM 2572)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Jim Hall (g) Bob Cranshaw (b) Ben Riley (d) Dennis Charles, Frank Charles, Willie Rodriguez (per)

NYC, April 5, 1962

The Nights Has A Thousand Eyes

same personnel

NYC, April 25, 1962

	If Ever I Would Leave You
	Don't Stop The Carnival

same personnel

NYC, April 26, 1962

Brownskin Gal

Sonny Rollins (ts) Bob Cranshaw (b) Candido (per)

NYC, May 14, 1962

	Jungoso
	Bluesongo

Sonny Rollins - Our Man In Jazz (RCA Victor LPM 2612)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d)

NYC, July 27-30, 1962

	Oleo
	Dearly Beloved
	Doxy

Sonny Rollins - European Concerts (Bandstand (It) BDLP 1502)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Continental, 1962

Sonnymoon For Two

1963

Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 1 (Moon (It) MCD 053-2)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d)

"Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, January 15, 1963

	Without A Song
	On Green Dolphin Street
	Solitude
	Sonnymoon (Sonnymoon For Two)

Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 2 (Moon (It) MCD 054-2)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d): same session

"Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, January 15, 1963

	52nd Street Theme
	On Green Dolphin Street
	Solitude
	Without A Song

Sonny Rollins - In Stuttgart Europe (Unique Jazz UJ 002)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d): same personnel

broadcast, "L'Olympia", Paris, France, January 19, 1963

	Solitude
	On Green Dolphin Street
	Without A Song
	Sonnymoon For Two

Sonny Rollins Live In Paris 1963 (Magnetic (Luxe) MRCD 101)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d): same session

broadcast, "L'Olympia", Paris, France, January 19, 1963

	Announcement By S. Rollins
	Everything Happens To Me
	52nd Street Theme

Sonny Rollins In Europe 1963, Vol. 1 (Jazz Up (It) JU 313)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d): same personnel

"Falkonercentret", Copenhagen, Denmark, January, 1963

unknown titles

Sonny Rollins In Europe 1963, Vol. 2 (Jazz Up (It) JU 314)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d): same session

"Falkonercentret", Copenhagen, Denmark, January, 1963

unknown titles

Sonny Rollins - Stuttgart 1963 Concert (Jazz Connoisseur (Israel) JC 108)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d): same personnel

Stuttgart, West Germany, January, 1963

	52nd Street Theme
	On Green Dolphin Street
	Sonnymoon For Two

Sonny Rollins (ts) Jymie Merritt (b) Max Roach (d)

broadcast, Graz, Austria, November 12, 1966

	Love Walked In (Title Unknown)
	Poinciana

Gary Burton/Sonny Rollins/Clark Terry - 3 In Jazz (RCA Victor LPM 2725)

Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d)

NYC, February 20, 1963

	I Could Write A Book
	You Are My Lucky Star
	There Will Never Be Another You

Sonny Rollins/Coleman Hawkins - Sonny Meets Hawk! (RCA Victor LPM 2712)

Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins (ts) Paul Bley (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Roy McCurdy (d)

NYC, July 15, 1963

	Yesterdays
	All The Things You Are
	Lover Man

Henry Grimes (b) replaces Cranshaw

NYC, July 18, 1963

	Just Friends
	At McKie's'
	Summertime

1964

Sonny Rollins - Now's The Time (RCA Victor LPM 2927)

Thad Jones (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Roy McCurdy (d)

NYC, January 20, 1964

52nd Street Theme

Sonny Rollins (ts) Herbie Hancock (p -1,3) Ron Carter (b) Roy McCurdy (d)

NYC, February 14, 1964

1.	'Round About Midnight
2.	St. Thomas
3.	Now's The Time

same personnel

NYC, February 18, 1964

Afternoon In Paris

Sonny Rollins (ts) Bob Cranshaw (b) Roy McCurdy (d)

NYC, April 14, 1964

	Blue 'N' Boogie
	I Remember Clifford
	Four

Sonny Rollins - After The Bridge (RCA Bluebird (F) 5634-1-RB11)

Thad Jones (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bob Cranshaw (b) Roy McCurdy (d)

NYC, January 20, 1964

I Remember Clifford

Sonny Rollins (ts) Herbie Hancock (p -2,5/7) Ron Carter (b) Roy McCurdy (d)

NYC, February 14, 1964

1.	52nd Street Theme
2.	Django
3.	St. Thomas
4.	Four, II
5.	Now's The Time
6.	Afternoon In Paris
7.	Four, I

Sonny Rollins (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Jim Hall (g) David Izenzon, Teddy Smith (b) Stu Martin (d)

NYC, June 11, 1964

Trav'lin' Light

Sonny Rollins (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Mickey Roker (d)

NYC, July 2, 1964

	Winter Wonderland
	When You Wish Upon A Star

Sonny Rollins - The Standard (RCA Victor LPM 3355)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Jim Hall (g) David Izenzon, Teddy Smith (b) Stu Martin (d)

NYC, June 11, 1964

Trav'lin' Light

Sonny Rollins (ts) Bob Cranshaw (b) Mickey Roker (d)

NYC, June 23, 1964

I'll Be Seeing You

Sonny Rollins (ts) Jim Hall (g -1) Bob Cranshaw (b) Mickey Roker (d)

NYC, June 24, 1964

1.	My Ship
2.	Three Little Words
3.	Night And Day

same personnel

NYC, June 26, 1964

	Love Letters
	Long Ago And Far Away

Herbie Hancock (p) replaces Hall

NYC, July 2, 1964

	It Could Happen To You
	My One And Only Love

omit Hancock

NYC, July 9, 1964

Autumn Nocturne

1965 (The age of 35)

Sonny Rollins - There Will Never Be Another You (Impulse IA 9349)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins, Mickey Roker (d)

"Museum Of Modern Art", NYC, June 17, 1965

	On Green Dolphin Street
	Three Little Words
	Mademoiselle De Paris
	To A Wild Rose
	There Will Never Be Another You

Sonny Rollins On Impulse! (Impulse A 91)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Walter Booker (b) Mickey Roker (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 8, 1965

	On Green Dolphin Street
	Everything Happens To Me
	Hold 'Em Joe
	Blue Room
	Three Little Words

** also issued on Impulse IMPD 223.

Sonny Rollins Quintet In Europe (Unique Jazz UJ 029)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Kenny Drew (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

broadcast, Berlin, West Germany, October 30, 1965

	Oleo
	Sonny's Blues

Sonny Rollins (ts) Jymie Merritt (b) Max Roach (d)

broadcast, Graz, Austria, November 12, 1966

Lover

Sonny Rollins Trio Live In Europe '65 (Magnetic (Luxe) MRCD 118)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alan Dawson (d)

live in Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark & Johanneshow Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden, November 1 & 2, 1965

	Night And Day
	Sonnymoon For Two
	Medley: Oleo / Sonnymoon For Two / Three Little Words

Ornette Coleman/Sonny Rollins - The Paris Concert '65 (Magnetic (Luxe) MRCD 121/22)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alan Dawson (d): same personnel

"Salle De La Mutualite", Paris, France, November 4, 1965

unknown titles

Sonny Rollins In Paris (Jazzway (It) LLM 1501)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Gilbert Rovere (b) Art Taylor (d)

live in Paris, France, 1965 or 1966?

	I Can't Get Started
	Three Little Words
	St. Thomas
	There Will Never Be Another You
	When I Grow Too Old To Dream
	Mademoiselle De Paris

1966

Sonny Rollins - Alfie (Soundtrack) (Impulse A 9111)

J.J. Johnson (tb -1,2) Jimmy Cleveland (tb -3/6) Phil Woods (as) Robert Ashton, Sonny Rollins (ts) Danny Bank (bars) Roger Kellaway (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Walter Booker (b) Frankie Dunlop (d) Oliver Nelson (arr, cond)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 26, 1966

1. 90466	Alfie's Theme Differently
2. 90467	Street Runner With Child
3. 90468	Transition Theme For Minor Blues Or Little Malcolm Loves His Dad
4. 90469	He's Younger Than You Are
5. 90470	On Impulse!
6. 90471	Alfie's Theme

** also issued on Impulse IMPD 224.

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down (Impulse A 9121)

Freddie Hubbard (tp -1) Sonny Rollins (ts) Jimmy Garrison (b) Elvin Jones (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1966

1.	East Broadway Run Down
2.	Blessing In Disguise
3.	We Kiss In A Shadow

** also issued on Impulse IMPD 161.

1968

Sonny Rollins In Denmark 1 (Moon (It) MCD 037-2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert Heath (d)

"Kongresshaus", Zurich, Switzerland, September 6, 1968

	Four
	Naima

Sonny Rollins In Denmark 2 (Moon (It) MCD 038-2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert Heath (d): same personnel

"Jazzhus Montmartre", Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 1968

	Three Little Words
	St. Thomas
	Sonnymoon For Two
	Medley
	When Lights Are Low

1972 (The age of 42)

Sonny Rollins' Next Album (Milestone MSP 9042)

Sonny Rollins (ts) George Cables (p, el-p) Bob Cranshaw (b, el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d) Arthur Jenkins (cga, per -1)

NYC, July 14, 1972

1.	Playin' In The Yard
2.	Keep Hold Of Yourself

Sonny Rollins (ts, ss) George Cables (p, el-p) Bob Cranshaw (b, el-b) David Lee (d) Arthur Jenkins (cga, per -2)

NYC, July 27, 1972

1.	Poinciana
2.	The Everywhere Calypso
3.	Skylark

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 312, OJCCD 312-2.

1973

Sonny Rollins - Horn Culture (Milestone MSP 9051)

Sonny Rollins (ts, ss) Walter Davis Jr. (p, el-p) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) David Lee (d) Mtume (per, p -1/5)

NYC & Berkeley, CA, June, July, June 7, 1973

1.	Pictures In The Reflection Of A Golden Horn
2.	Sais
3.	Notes For Eddie
4.	God Bless The Child
5.	Love Man
6.	Good Morning, Heartache

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 314, OJCCD 314-2.

Sonny Rollins Quintet/Jackie McLean Quintet In Concert - Chateauvallon 1973: The <<Jazz>> Collection (Editoriale Pantheon (It) JCD 04)

Sonny Rollins (ts, ss) Walter Davis Jr. (p, el-p) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Bob Cranshaw (b) David Lee (d)

Chateauvallon???, August 21, 1973

	St. Thomas
	Alfie's Theme

Sonny Rollins In Japan (Victor (J) SMJ 6030)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Bob Cranshaw (b) David Lee (d) Mtume (per, p)

"Nakano Sun Plaza Hall", Tokyo, Japan, September 30, 1973

	Powaii
	St. Thomas
	Alfie
	Moritat (Mack The Knife)

1974

Sonny Rollins - The Cutting Edge (Milestone MSP 9059)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Rufus Harley (bagpipes -5) Stanley Cowell (p) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) David Lee (d) Mtume (cga)

"Montreux Jazz Festival", "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, July 6, 1974

1.	The Cutting Edge
2.	To A Wild Rose
3.	First Moves
4.	A House Is Not A Home
5.	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 468, OJCCD 468-2.

Sonny Rollins - First Moves (Jazz Door (G) JD 1271)

Rufus Harley (ss, bagpipes) Sonny Rollins (ts) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Gene Perla (b) David Lee (d)

German radio station "Deutschlandradio Kultur", radio broadcast, Beograd, Yugoslavia, November 12, 1974

	First Moves
	Look For The Silver Lining
	To A Wild Rose
	Alfie's Theme

1975 (The age of 45)

Sonny Rollins - Nucleus (Milestone MSP 9064)

Raul DeSouza (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bennie Maupin (ts, bcl, sxo, lyricon) George Duke (p, el-p, syn) Chuck Rainey (el-b) Eddie Moore (d) Mtume (cga, per)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, September 2-5, 1975

	Lucille
	Are You Ready?
	Cosmet

Duke plays (p, el-p)

same location, date

Gwaligo

Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Roy McCurdy (d) replaces Rainey, Moore

same location, date

Azalea

omit DeSouza, Mtume

same location, date

Newkleus

add Raul DeSouza (tb)

same location, date

My Reverie

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 620, OJCCD 620-2.

1976

Sonny Rollins - The Way I Feel (Milestone MSP 9074)

Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Chuck Findley (tp) George Bohanon, Lew McCreary (tb) Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson (frh) Don Waldrop (tu) Bill Green (picc, fl, ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Patrice Rushen (p, el-p, clav, syn) Lee Ritenour (g) Charles Meeks (el-b) Billy Cobham (d) Bill Summers (cga, per)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, August-October, 1976

	Island Lady
	Asfrantation Woogie
	Happy Feel
	Shout It Out

Sonny Rollins (ts) Patrice Rushen (p, el-p, clav, syn) Lee Ritenour (g) Alex Blake (b) Billy Cobham (d) Bill Summers (cga, per)

same location, date

Love Reborn

Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Chuck Findley (tp) George Bohanon, Lew McCreary (tb) Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson (frh) Don Waldrop (tu) Bill Green (picc, fl, ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Patrice Rushen (p, el-p, clav, syn) Lee Ritenour (g) Alex Blake (b) Billy Cobham (d) Bill Summers (cga, per)

same location, date

The Way I Feel About You

Sonny Rollins (ts) Patrice Rushen (p, el-p, clav, syn) Lee Ritenour (g) Alex Blake (el-b) Billy Cobham (d) Bill Summers (cga, per)

same location, date

Charm Baby

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 666-2.

Sonny Rollins - Island Lady (Joker (J) UPS 2062)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Mike Wolff (p) Aurell Ray (g) Don Pate (b) Eddie Moore (d)

Continental, October, 1976

	Don't Stop The Carnival
	Charm Baby
	Keep Hold Of Yourself (Keep Old Yourself)
	Easy Living
	Lucille
	Island Lady
	Strode Rode

1977

Sonny Rollins - Easy Living (Milestone MSP 9080)

Sonny Rollins (ts, ss) George Duke (key) Charles Icarus Johnson (g) Byron Miller (el-b) Tony Williams (d) Bill Summers (cga)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, August 3-6, 1977

Isn't She Lovely

Paul Jackson (el-b) replaces Miller, Summers

same location, date

	Down The Line
	My One And Only Love
	Arroz Con Pollo
	Hear What I'm Saying

omit Johnson

same location, date

Easy Living

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 893-2.

1978

Sonny Rollins - Don't Stop The Carnival (Milestone M 55005)

Donald Byrd (tp, flh -5/9) Sonny Rollins (ts, ss) Mark Soskin (p, el-p) Aurell Ray (el-g) Jerome Harris (el-b) Tony Williams (d)

"Great American Music Hall", San Francisco, CA, April 13, 14 & 15, 1978

1.	Don't Stop The Carnival
2.	Silver City
3.	Autumn Nocturne
4.	Camel
5.	Nobody Else But Me
6.	Non-Cents
7.	A Child's Prayer
8.	President Hayes
9.	Sais

** also issued on Milestone MCD 55005-2.

Milestone Jazzstars In Concert (Milestone M 55006)

Sonny Rollins (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Ron Carter (b) Al Foster (d)

"Masonic Auditorium", San Francisco, CA, "University Of Wisconsin", Madison, WI & "Yale University", New Haven, CT, September 22, October 15 & 22, 1978

The Cutting Edge

Sonny Rollins (ts)

same location, date

Continuum

Sonny Rollins (ss) McCoy Tyner (p) Ron Carter (b) Al Foster (d)

same location, date

Nubia

Rollins plays (ts)

same location, date

N.O. Blues

Sonny Rollins (ts) McCoy Tyner (p)

same location, date

In A Sentimental Mood

Sonny Rollins (ts) Ron Carter (b) Al Foster (d)

same location, date

Don't Stop The Carnival

1979

Sonny Rollins - Don't Ask (Milestone M 9090)

Sonny Rollins (ts, lyricon, p) Mark Soskin (p, el-p, syn -1,3,5/7) Larry Coryell (el-g -2/5,7) Jerome Harris (el-b -1,3,5/7) Al Foster (d -1,3,5/7) Bill Summers (cga, per -1,3,5/7)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, May 15-18, 1979

1.	Harlem Boys
2.	The File
3.	Disco Monk
4.	My Ideal
5.	Don't Ask
6.	Tai-Chi
7.	And Then, My Love, I Found You

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 915-2.

1980 (The age of 50)

Sonny Rollins - Love At First Sight (Milestone M 9098)

Sonny Rollins (ts, lyricon) George Duke (p, el-p -1/5) Stanley Clarke (el-b) Al Foster (d -1/3,5) Bill Summers (cga, per -1/5)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, May 9-12, 1980

1.	Little Lu
2.	The Dream That We Fell Out Of
3.	Strode Rode
4.	The Very Thought Of You
5.	Caress
6.	Double Feature

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 753-2.

The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (Rolling Stones COC 16052)

Sonny Rollins (ts) The Rolling Stones (rock group)

Los Angeles, CA, 1980

	Slave
	Waiting On A Friend

** also issued on Rolling Stones FC 40502.

1981

Sonny Rollins - No Problem (Milestone M 9104)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Bobby Broom (g) Bob Cranshaw (b) Tony Williams (d)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, December 9-15, 1981

	No Problem
	Here You Come Again
	Jo-Jo
	Coconut Bread
	Penny Saved
	Illusions
	Joyous Lake

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 1014-2.

1982

Sonny Rollins - Reel Life (Milestone M 9108)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Bobby Broom (g) Yoshiaki Masuo (g, el-g, claves -2/7) Bob Cranshaw (el-b, cabasa) Jack DeJohnette (d, cga, maracas) Lucille Rollins (cowbell)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, August 17-22, 1982

1.	My Little Brown Book
2.	Best Wishes
3.	Reel Life
4.	McGhee
5.	Rosita's Best Friend
6.	Sonny Side Up
7.	Solo Reprise (Sonny)

1983

Pat Metheny/Sonny Rollins - Dream Teams (Bugsy BGS 034/2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Pat Metheny (el-g) Alphonso Johnson (b) Jack DeJohnette (d)

"Open Theater East", Yomiuri Land, Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1983

	Coconut Bread
	Don't Stop The Carnival
	Mc Ghee
	Moritat (Mack The Knife)

Sonny Rollins - The Meeting (All Of Us AS 40)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Pat Metheny (el-g) Alphonso Johnson (b) Jack DeJohnette (d): same session

"Open Theater East", Yomiuri Land, Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1983

	Mc Ghee
	The Meeting

1984

Sonny Rollins - Sunny Days, Starry Nights (Milestone M 9122)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p, el-p, cel, syn) Russell Blake (el-b) Tommy Campbell (d) Lucille Rollins (cowbell -1,6)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, January 23-27, 1984

1.	Mava Mava
2.	I'm Old Fashioned
3.	Wynton
4.	Tell Me You Love Me
5.	I'll See You Again
6.	Kilauea

** also issued on Milestone MCD 9122-2.

1985 (The age of 55)

Sonny Rollins - The Solo Album (Milestone M 9137)

Sonny Rollins (ts)

Sculpture Garden, "Museum Of Modern Art", NYC, July 19, 1985

	Soloscope, Pt. 1
	Soloscope, Pt. 2

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 956-2.

Sonny Rollins - Just Once (Jazz Door (G) JD 12121)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (key) Jerome Harris (b) Tommy Campbell (d)

circa 1985

	Just Once
	Autumn Nocturne
	I'm Old Fashioned
	Allison
	St. Thomas

1986

Sonny Rollins Plays G-Man (Milestone M 9150)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Marvin "Smitty" Smith (d)

Opus 40, Saugerties, NYC, August 16, 1986, April 9, 1987

	G-Man
	Kim
	Don't Stop The Carnival

** also issued on Milestone MCD 9150-2.

Sonny Rollins Plays G-Man (Milestone MCD 9150-2)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Marvin "Smitty" Smith (d): same session

Opus 40, Saugerties, NYC, August 16, 1986, April 9, 1987

Tenor Madness

** reissue of Milestone M 9150 + 1 bonus track.

1987

Sonny Rollins - Dancing In The Dark (Milestone M 9155)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p, el-p) Jerome Harris (el-b, rhythm g) Marvin "Smitty" Smith (d)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, September 15-25, 1987

	Just Once
	O.T.Y.O.G.
	Promise
	Duke Of Iron
	Dancing In The Dark
	I'll String Along With You
	Allison

** also issued on Milestone MCD 9155-2.

Sonny Rollins - Dancing In The Dark (Milestone MCD 9155-2)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p, el-p) Jerome Harris (el-b, rhythm g) Marvin "Smitty" Smith (d): same session

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, September 15-25, 1987

Allison (alt. take)

** reissue of Milestone M 9155 + 1 bonus track.

1989

Sonny Rollins - Falling In Love With Jazz (Milestone M 9179)

Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Jerome Harris (el-b) Jeff Watts (d)

NYC, June 3, 1989

	For All We Know
	I Should Care

Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p) Jerome Harris (g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d)

NYC, August 5, 1989

	Tennessee Waltz
	Little Girl Blue

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p, el-p) Jerome Harris (el-g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d)

NYC, September 9, 1989

	Falling In Love With Jazz
	Sister

** also issued on Milestone MCD 9179-2.

Sonny Rollins - Falling In Love With Jazz (Milestone MCD 9179-2)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p, el-p) Jerome Harris (el-g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d): same session

NYC, September 9, 1989

Amanda

** reissue of Milestone M 9179 + 1 bonus track.

1991 (The age of 61)

Sonny Rollins - Here's To The People (Milestone MCD 9194-2)

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Mark Soskin (p) Jerome Harris (g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Steve Jordan (d)

NYC, August 10, 1991

	Here's To The People
	Lucky Day

Jack DeJohnette (d) replaces Jordan

NYC, August 17, 1991

Doc Phil

omit Anderson

NYC, August 24, 1991

	Why Was I Born?
	Someone To Watch Over Me
	Long Ago And Far Away

Roy Hargrove (tp) Al Foster (d) replaces Harris, DeJohnette

NYC, August 27, 1991

	I Wish I Knew
	Young Boy

1993

Sonny Rollins - Old Flames (Milestone MCD 9215-2)

Jon Faddis, Byron Stripling (flh -1,7) Clifton Anderson (tb) Alex Brofsky (frh -1,7) Bob Stewart (tu -1,7) Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d) Jimmy Heath (arr, cond -1,7)

NYC, July, August, 1993

1.	Darn That Dream
2.	Where Or When
3.	My Old Flame
4.	Times Slimes
5.	I See Your Face Before Me
6.	Delia
7.	Prelude To A Kiss

1995 (The age of 65)

Sonny Rollins + 3 (Milestone MCD 9250-2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Stephen Scott (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d)

NYC, August 30, 1995

	They Say It's Wonderful
	Cabin In The Sky

Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Al Foster (d)

NYC, October 7, 1995

	What A Difference A Day Made
	Biji
	Mona Lisa
	H.S.
	I've Never Been In Love Before

1998

Sonny Rollins - Global Warming (Milestone MCD 9280-2)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Stephen Scott (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Idris Muhammad (d)

NYC, January 7, 1998

	Echo-Side Blue
	Mother Nature's Blues
	Change Partners

Clifton Anderson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Stephen Scott (p, kalimba) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Perry Wilson (d) Victor See Yuen (per)

NYC, February 28, 1998

	Island Lady
	Global Warming
	Clear-Cut Boogie

2000 (The age of 70)

Sonny Rollins - This Is What I Do (Milestone MCD 9310-2)

Clifton Anderson (tb -2,3) Sonny Rollins (ts) Stephen Scott (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d)

NYC, May 8 & 9, 2000

1.	Salvador
2.	Sweet Leilani
3.	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
4.	The Moon Of Manakoora

Perry Wilson (d) replaces DeJohnette

NYC, July 29, 2000

	Did You See Harold Vick?
	Charles M.

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