Genres: World Fusion, Bop, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz Active: 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: September 7, 1930 in New York, NY
Joe Henderson, George Coleman, Miles Davis, Archie Shepp, Daniel Humair, Stan Getz, Booker Ervin, Hank Mobley, Lou Donaldson, Wayne Shorter, Buck Hill, Horace Silver, Art Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, J.J. Johnson, Clifford Brown, Bud Powell Gerry Niewood, J.R. Monterose, Pete Yellin, Charlie Rouse, Wayne Shorter, Junior Cook, George Coleman, Phil Urso, Steve Grossman, Diego Rivera, John Coltrane, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Julian Priester, Jean-Luc Ponty, Perry Robinson, Sam Rivers, Enrico Rava, Carlos Ward, David Schnitter |  |
Sonny Rollins will go down in history as not only the single most enduring tenor saxophonist of the be-bop and hard bop era, but also the greatest contemporary jazz saxophonist of them all. His fluid, harmonically innovative ideas, effortless manner, easily identifiable and accessible sound have influenced generations of performers, but also fueled the notion that mainstream jazz music can be widely enjoyed, recognized, and proliferated. Born Theodore Walter Rollins in New York City on September 7, 1929, he had an older brother who played violin. At age nine he took up piano lessons but discontinued them, took up the alto saxophone in high school, and switched to tenor after high school doing local engagements. In 1948 he recorded with vocalist Babs Gonzalez, then Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, and his first composition "Audubon" was recorded by J.J. Johnson.
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Release: September 30, 2008
Label: Jazz Icons
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Release: July 7, 2008
Label: Gambit
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