Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived most of his contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he recorded.
Rollins started as a pianist, changed to alto saxophone, and finally switched to tenor in 1946. During his high-school years, he played in a band with other future jazz legends Jackie McLean and Kenny Drew. He was first recorded in 1949 with Babs Gonzales — in the same year he recorded with J. J. Johnson and Bud Powell. In 1950, Rollins was arrested for armed robbery and given a sentence of three years, spending 10 months in Rikers Island before he was released on parole. He was rearrested in 1952 for violating the terms of his parole by using heroin....
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Track listing: DecisionPoor ButterflyWhy Don't I?MisteriosoTune UpHow Are Things in Glocca MorraSonnymoon for TwoSoftly as in a Morning SunriseStriver's Row (live)[unknown]
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Track listing: The Freedom SuiteI've Told Every Little StarRock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie MelodyHow High the MoonYouI've Found a New BabyAlone TogetherThe Song Is YouIn the Chapel in the MoonlightYou (alternate)I've Found a New Baby (alternate)The Song Is You (alternate)
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Track listing: I'm an Old Cowhand (alternate take)Come, Gone (alternate take)There Is No Greater Love (take 2)Way Out West (alternate take)Falling in Love With LoveMy Old Flame
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Track listing: Strong ManHappiness Is a Thing Called JoeThat's HimMy ManDon't ExplainI Must Have That Man (take 3)Porgy (take 1)Sonnymoon for TwoLike Someone in LoveTheme From Symphony No. 6 PathétiqueTill There Was You (take 4)Someday I'll Find YouWill You Still Be Mine?Shadow WaltzTill There Was You (take 3)
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Track listing: Brilliant CornersBa-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues AreBemsha SwingPannonicaI'm an Old CowhandWay Out WestCome, GoneThere Is No Greater LoveWagon Wheels
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Track listing: La VillaI'll Remember AprilThe Last Time I Saw ParisJust in TimeToot, Toot, TootsieWhat Is There to SayDearly BelovedEv'ry Time We Say GoodbyeCutieIt Could Happen to YouMangoesFunky Hotel BluesPorgyI Must Have That ManWhen a Woman Loves a Man
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Track listing: A Night in TunisiaI've Got You Under My SkinA Night in Tunisia (Evening take)Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (alternate take)FourIntroductionWoody 'N' YouIntroductionOld Devil Moon
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Track listing: Grand StreetFar Out EastWho Cares?Love Is a Simple ThingWhat's My Name?If You Were the Only Girl in the WorldManhattanBody and SoulDoxyLimehouse BluesI'll Follow My Secret HeartYou Are Too BeautifulGrand Street (Mono LP Ending)Grand Street (Verve LP Ending)
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Track listing: DecisionPoor ButterflyWhy Don't IMisteriosoTune UpHow Are Things in Glocca Morra?Sonnymoon for TwoSoftly as in a Morning SunriseStriver's Row
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Track listing: East Broadway Run DownBlessing in DisguiseWe Kiss in a Shadow
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Track listing: The Freedom SuiteSomeday I'll Find YouWill You Still Be Mine?Till There Was You (take 4)Till There Was You (take 3)Shadow Waltz
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Track listing: I've Told Ev'ry Little StarRock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie MelodyHow High the MoonYouI've Found a New BabyI've Found a New Baby (alternate take)Alone TogetherIn the Chapel in the MoonlightThe Song Is YouThe Song Is You (alternate take)
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Track listing: Movin' OutSwingin' for BumsySilk 'n' SatinSolidMore Than You Know
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Track listing: The Last Time I Saw ParisJust in TimeToot, Toot, TootsieWhat Is There to SayDearly BelovedEv'ry Time We Say GoodbyeCutieIt Could Happen to YouMangoesFunky Hotel Blues
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Track listing: For All We KnowTennessee WaltzLittle Girl BlueFalling in Love With LoveI Should CareSisterAmanda
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Track listing: Just OnceO.T.Y.O.G.PromiseDuke of IronDancing in the DarkI'll String Along With YouAllisonAllison (alternate take)
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Track listing: Harlem BoysThe FileDisco MonkMy IdealDon't AskTai-ChiAnd Then My Love I Found You
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Track listing: Don't Stop the CarnivalSilver CityAutumn NocturneCamelIntroducing the PerformersNobody Else but MeNon-CentsA Child's PrayerPresident HayesSais
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Track listing: On Green Dolphin StreetEverything Happens to MeHold 'Em JoeBlue RoomThree Little Words
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Track listing: I'm An Old CowhandCome, GoneWagon WheelsThere Is No Greater LoveWay Out West
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Track listing: St. ThomasYou Don't Know What Love IsStrode RodeMoritatBlue 7
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Track listing: DecisionBluesnoteHow Are Things in Glocca Morra?Plain JaneSonnysphere
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