Sonny Rollins Discography - session index

1949 (The age of 19)

Babs Gonzales Orch. NYC, Jan. 20, 1949
Babs Gonzales Orch. NYC, Apr. 27, 1949
J.J. Johnson 5 NYC, May 11, 1949
J.J. Johnson's Boppers NYC, May 26, 1949
Bud Powell's Modernists WOR Studios, NYC, Aug. 9, 1949

1951 (The age of 21)

Miles Davis 6 Apex Studios, NYC, Jan. 17, 1951
Sonny Rollins 4
Miles Davis 6 Birdland, NYC, June 2, 1951
Miles Davis 6 Apex Studios, NYC, Oct. 5, 1951
Sonny Rollins 4 Apex Studios, NYC, Dec. 17, 1951

1953

Miles Davis 6 WOR Studios, NYC, Jan. 30, 1953
Sonny Rollins w/ MJQ NYC, Oct. 7, 1953
Thelonious Monk 5 NYC, Nov. 13, 1953

1954

Art Farmer 5 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 20, 1954
Miles Davis 5 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 29, 1954
Sonny Rollins 5 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 18, 1954
Thelonious Monk - Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Oct. 25, 1954

1955 (The age of 25)

Clifford Brown - Max Roach 7 Bee Hive Club, Chicago, IL, Nov. 7, 1955
Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 2, 1955

1956

Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5 NYC, Jan. 4, 1956
Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5 prob. live in NYC, early 1956
Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5 NYC, Feb. 16, 1956
Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5 NYC, Feb. 17, 1956
Miles Davis 5 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 16, 1956
Sonny Rollins + Four NYC, Mar. 22, 1956
Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5 Basin Street Club, NYC, Apr. 28, 1956
Clifford Brown 5 Basin Street Club, NYC, May 6, 1956
Sonny Rollins 4 w/ John Coltrane RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 24, 1956
Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5 WIOR RB, Continental Restaurant, Norfolk, VA, June 18, 1956
Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1956
Max Roach 5 NYC, Sep. 17, 1956
Max Roach 5 NYC, Sep. 19, 1956
Sonny Rollins 5 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Oct. 5, 1956
Thelonious Monk 5 NYC, Oct. 9, 1956
Max Roach 5 broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Oct. 10, 1956
Thelonious Monk 5 NYC, Oct. 15, 1956
Thelonious Monk 5 NYC, Dec. 7, 1956
Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 7, 1956
Max Roach 5 broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Dec. 12, 1956
Sonny Rollins 5 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 16, 1956

1957

Sonny Rollins 3 LA, Mar. 7, 1957
Max Roach 5 Capitol Studios, LA, Mar. 18, 1957
Max Roach 5 Capitol Studios, LA, Mar. 20, 1957
Max Roach 5 Capitol Studios, LA, Mar. 21, 1957
Sonny Rollins 5/6 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 14, 1957
Kenny Dorham 5 NYC, May 21, 1957
Kenny Dorham 6 NYC, May 27, 1957
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, June 11 & 12, 1957
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, June 19, 1957
Miles Davis 5 RB, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, July 13, 1957
Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 22, 1957
Abbey Lincoln NYC, Oct. 28, 1957
Sonny Rollins 3 Village Vanguard, NYC, afternoon set, Nov. 3, 1957
Sonny Rollins 3 Village Vanguard, NYC, evening set, Nov. 3, 1957
Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, Nov. 4, 1957
Miles Davis All Stars Long Island, NY, Nov. or Dec., 1957
Dizzy Gillespie w/ Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins NYC, Dec. 11, 1957
Dizzy Gillespie w/ Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins NYC, Dec. 19, 1957

1958

Sonny Rollins 3 NYC, Feb. 11, 1958
Sonny Rollins 3 NYC, Mar. 7, 1958
Sonny Rollins 3 Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, July 7, 1958
Sonny Rollins 3 Beltone Studios, NYC, July 10, 1958
Sonny Rollins Orch. Metropolitan Studios, NYC, July 11, 1958
MJQ w/ Sonny Rollins Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 3, 1958
Sonny Rollins & Contemporary Leaders LA, Oct. 20, 21 & 22, 1958

1959

Sonny Rollins 3 Stockholm, Sweden, Feb., 1959
Sonny Rollins 3 RB, Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 4, 1959
Sonny Rollins 3 Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 5, 1959
Sonny Rollins 3 Aix En Provence, France, Mar. 11, 1959
Sonny Rollins 3 Continental, Mar., 1959
Sonny Rollins 3 Nalen, Sweden, Mar., 1959

1962 (The age of 32)

Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Jan. 30, 1962
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Feb. 13, 1962
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Feb. 14, 1962
Sonny Rollins 7 NYC, Apr. 5, 1962
Sonny Rollins 7 NYC, Apr. 25, 1962
Sonny Rollins 7 NYC, Apr. 26, 1962
Sonny Rollins 3 NYC, May 14, 1962
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 NYC, July 27-30, 1962
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 Continental, 1962

1963

Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Jan. 15, 1963
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 broadcast, L'Olympia, Paris, France, Jan. 19, 1963
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 Continental, Jan., 1963
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan., 1963
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 Stuttgart, West Germany, Jan., 1963
Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry 4 NYC, Feb. 20, 1963
Sonny Rollins - Coleman Hawkins 5 NYC, July 15, 1963
Sonny Rollins - Coleman Hawkins 5 NYC, July 18, 1963

1964

Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, Jan. 20, 1964
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Feb. 14, 1964
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Feb. 18, 1964
Sonny Rollins 3 NYC, Apr. 14, 1964
Sonny Rollins 6 NYC, June 11, 1964
Sonny Rollins 3 NYC, June 23, 1964
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, June 24, 1964
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, June 26, 1964
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, July 2, 1964
Sonny Rollins 3 NYC, July 9, 1964

1965 (The age of 35)

Sonny Rollins 5 Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, June 17, 1965
Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 8, 1965
Sonny Rollins 5 broadcast, Berlin, West Germany, Oct. 30, 1965
Sonny Rollins 3 live in Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark & Johanneshow Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 1 & 2, 1965
Sonny Rollins 3 Salle De La Mutualite, Paris, France, Nov. 4, 1965
Sonny Rollins 3 Continental, Nov., 1965
Sonny Rollins 3 live in Paris, France, 1965 or 1966?

1966

Sonny Rollins Orch. RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 26, 1966
Sonny Rollins 4 RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1966
Sonny Rollins 3 broadcast, Graz, Austria, Nov. 12, 1966

1968

Sonny Rollins 4 Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Sep. 6, 1968
Sonny Rollins 4 Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep., 1968

1972 (The age of 42)

Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, July 14, 1972
Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, July 27, 1972

1973

Sonny Rollins 6 NYC & Berkeley, CA, June, July, June 7, 1973
Sonny Rollins 5 Chateauvallon???, Aug. 21, 1973
Sonny Rollins 5 Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 30, 1973

1974

Sonny Rollins 7 Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 6, 1974
Sonny Rollins 5 Beograd, Yugoslavia, Nov. 12, 1974

1975 (The age of 45)

Sonny Rollins 7 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Sep. 2-5, 1975

1976

Sonny Rollins Orch. Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Aug., Oct., 1976
Sonny Rollins 5 Continental, Oct., 1976

1977

Sonny Rollins 5 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Aug. 3-6, 1977
Sonny Rollins 6

1978

Sonny Rollins 6 Great American Music Hall, SF, Apr. 13-15, 1978
Milestone Jazzstars San Francisco Madison, New Haven, SF, Sep. 22, Oct. 15 & 22, 1978

1979

Sonny Rollins 6 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, May 15-18, 1979

1980 (The age of 50)

Sonny Rollins 5 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, May 9-12, 1980
The Rolling Stones w/ Sonny Rollins LA, 1980

1981

Sonny Rollins 5 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Dec. 9-15, 1981

1982

Sonny Rollins 6 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Aug. 17-22, 1982

1983

Pat Metheny - Sonny Rollins 4 Open Theater East, Yomiuri Land, Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1983

1984

Sonny Rollins 6 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Jan. 23-27, 1984

1985 (The age of 55)

Sonny Rollins 1 Sculpture Garden, Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, July 19, 1985
Sonny Rollins 5 c. 1985

1986

Sonny Rollins 5 Opus 40, Saugerties, NYC, Aug. 16, 1986, Apr. 9, 1987

1987

Sonny Rollins 5 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Sep. 15-25, 1987

1989

Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, June 3, 1989
Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, Aug. 5, 1989
Sonny Rollins 6 NYC, Sep. 9, 1989

1991 (The age of 61)

Sonny Rollins 6 NYC, Aug. 10, 1991
Sonny Rollins 6 NYC, Aug. 17, 1991
Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, Aug. 24, 1991
Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, Aug. 27, 1991

1993

Sonny Rollins 5 w/ Brass NYC, July, Aug., 1993

1995 (The age of 65)

Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Aug. 30, 1995
Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Oct. 7, 1995

1998

Sonny Rollins 4 NYC, Jan. 7, 1998
Sonny Rollins 6 NYC, Feb. 28, 1998

2000 (The age of 70)

Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, May 8 & 9, 2000
Sonny Rollins 5 NYC, July 29, 2000