Through the standards
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone, is on 81 recordings across 68 tunes on this site, from 1951 to 2007. Most often alongside Max Roach, Bob Cranshaw and Miles Davis.
1950s
- Half NelsonMiles Davis Sextet · 1951 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Half NelsonMiles Davis Sextet · 1951 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- It's Only a Paper MoonMiles Davis · 1951 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- Time on My HandsSonny Rollins Quartet · 1951 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- In a Sentimental MoodSonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet · 1953 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- AireginMiles Davis with Sonny Rollins · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- But Not for MeMiles Davis · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- DoxyMiles Davis · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- I Got RhythmMiles Davis with Sonny Rollins · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- OleoMiles Davis with Sonny Rollins · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- I Want to Be HappySonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- More Than You KnowSonny Rollins · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- The Way You Look TonightSonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- CherokeeClifford Brown and Max Roach Septet · 1955 · tenor saxophone · Columbia
- It's All Right with MeSonny Rollins · 1955 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- What Is This Thing Called LoveClifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · EmArcy
- I'll Remember AprilClifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · EmArcy
- In Your Own Sweet WayMiles Davis Quintet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- Tenor MadnessSonny Rollins Quartet, with John Coltrane · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- When Your Lover Has GoneSonny Rollins Quartet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- Mack the KnifeSonny Rollins Quartet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- St. ThomasSonny Rollins · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- You Don't Know What Love IsSonny Rollins · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- Woody'n YouMax Roach Quintet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · EmArcy
- I've Grown Accustomed to Her FaceSonny Rollins Quintet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Prestige
- Bemsha SwingThelonious Monk Quintet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- SolitudeSonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Contemporary
- There Is No Greater LoveSonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Contemporary
- It Don't Mean a ThingMax Roach Quintet · 1957 · tenor saxophone · EmArcy
- LoverMax Roach Quintet · 1957 · tenor saxophone · EmArcy
- Poor ButterflySonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- You Stepped Out of a DreamSonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- My Old FlameKenny Dorham · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- Falling in Love with LoveKenny Dorham Quintet with Sonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- I'll Remember AprilKenny Dorham with Sonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- It Could Happen to YouSonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- Just in TimeSonny Rollins Quartet · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- Tune UpSonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Don't ExplainAbbey Lincoln, with Kenny Dorham and Sonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- A Night in TunisiaSonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- A Night in TunisiaSonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Get HappySonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- I Can't Get StartedSonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- I've Got You Under My SkinSonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Old Devil MoonSonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Softly, as in a Morning SunriseSonny Rollins · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Woody'n YouSonny Rollins Trio · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- On the Sunny Side of the StreetDizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt · 1957 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- Will You Still Be Mine?Sonny Rollins Trio · 1958 · tenor saxophone · Riverside
- Limehouse BluesSonny Rollins · 1958 · tenor saxophone · Metrojazz
- Alone TogetherSonny Rollins · 1958 · tenor saxophone · Contemporary
- I've Found a New BabySonny Rollins · 1958 · tenor saxophone · Contemporary
- The Song Is YouSonny Rollins · 1958 · tenor saxophone · Contemporary
- St. ThomasSonny Rollins Trio · 1959 · tenor saxophone · Dragon
- It Could Happen to YouSonny Rollins Trio · 1959 · tenor saxophone · TCB
1960s
- God Bless the ChildSonny Rollins · 1962 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- The Night Has a Thousand EyesSonny Rollins · 1962 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- DoxySonny Rollins · 1962 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- OleoSonny Rollins · 1962 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- All the Things You AreSonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins · 1963 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- Lover ManSonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins · 1963 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- YesterdaysSonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins · 1963 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- Just FriendsSonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins · 1963 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- 'Round MidnightSonny Rollins · 1964 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- Now's the TimeSonny Rollins · 1964 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- Long Ago (and Far Away)Sonny Rollins Quartet · 1964 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- My One and Only LoveSonny Rollins · 1964 · tenor saxophone · RCA Victor
- There Will Never Be Another YouSonny Rollins · 1965 · tenor saxophone · Impulse!
- Everything Happens to MeSonny Rollins Quartet · 1965 · tenor saxophone · Impulse!
- On Green Dolphin StreetSonny Rollins · 1965 · tenor saxophone · Impulse!
- Three Little WordsSonny Rollins · 1965 · tenor saxophone · Impulse!
1970s
- PoincianaSonny Rollins Quintet · 1972 · tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone · Milestone
- St. ThomasSonny Rollins with the Heikki Sarmanto Trio · 1972 · saxophone · Svart
- My One and Only LoveSonny Rollins · 1977 · tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone · Milestone
1980s
- The Very Thought of YouSonny Rollins · 1980 · tenor saxophone · Milestone
- Tenor MadnessSonny Rollins · 1986 · tenor saxophone · Milestone
- Dancing in the DarkSonny Rollins · 1987 · tenor saxophone · Milestone
1990s
- Long Ago (and Far Away)Sonny Rollins Quintet · 1991 · tenor saxophone · Milestone
- Someone to Watch Over MeSonny Rollins · 1991 · tenor saxophone · Milestone
- Where or WhenSonny Rollins Quintet · 1993 · tenor saxophone · Milestone