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  same location, date
• 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, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 20, 1954
• Miles Davis 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, June 29, 1954
• Sonny Rollins 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 18, 1954
• Thelonious Monk - Sonny Rollins 4  RVG, 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, 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, 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, Hackensack, NJ, May 24, 1956
• Clifford Brown - Max Roach 5  WIOR RB, Continental Restaurant, Norfolk, VA, June 18, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 4  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1956
• Max Roach 5  NYC, Sep. 17, 1956
• Max Roach 5  NYC, Sep. 19, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 5  RVG, 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, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 7, 1956
• Max Roach 5  broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Dec. 12, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 16, 1956

1957

• Sonny Rollins 3  LA, Mar. 7, 1957
• Max Roach 5  Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 18, 1957
• Max Roach 5  Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 20, 1957
• Max Roach 5  Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 21, 1957
• Sonny Rollins 5/6  RVG, 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, 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, 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, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 26, 1966
• Sonny Rollins 4  RVG, 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  Jazzhus 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  same location, date

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