Beginning Sunday 9/7: #sonnyrollins95for95 — we'll be celebrating Sonny Rollins' 95th birthday by sharing 95 notable tracks spanning his 8-decade career.
September 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Beginning Sunday 9/7: #sonnyrollins95for95 — we'll be celebrating Sonny Rollins' 95th birthday by sharing 95 notable tracks spanning his 8-decade career.
25/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 One more from Saxophone Colossus: Kurt Weill's "Moritat" (a.k.a. "Mack the Knife") youtu.be/rZeGYNvJv7g?...
Sonny Rollins - Moritat (Official Audio)
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September 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
25/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 One more from Saxophone Colossus: Kurt Weill's "Moritat" (a.k.a. "Mack the Knife") youtu.be/rZeGYNvJv7g?...
3/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Bee Jay" Sonny joins the virtuosic trombonist J.J. Johnson for this Savoy side from May 11, 1949: youtu.be/xTvSb3Vs2ak?...
Bee Jay
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September 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
3/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Bee Jay" Sonny joins the virtuosic trombonist J.J. Johnson for this Savoy side from May 11, 1949: youtu.be/xTvSb3Vs2ak?...
17/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Billy Strayhorn's "Raincheck," recorded for the Prestige LP Work Time on Dec. 2, 1955: youtu.be/U1fwtzlcJFU?...
Sonny Rollins - Raincheck (Official Visualizer)
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September 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
17/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Billy Strayhorn's "Raincheck," recorded for the Prestige LP Work Time on Dec. 2, 1955: youtu.be/U1fwtzlcJFU?...
61/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's composition "Azalea," from the 1975 Milestone LP Nucleus: youtu.be/hABGzCuGM30?...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
61/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's composition "Azalea," from the 1975 Milestone LP Nucleus: youtu.be/hABGzCuGM30?...
0/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 On this day in 1930, Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was born in New York City. In celebration of his 95th birthday, we'll be sharing 95 notable tracks from his 8-decade career over the next week. Join us and share your own favorites!
September 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
0/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 On this day in 1930, Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was born in New York City. In celebration of his 95th birthday, we'll be sharing 95 notable tracks from his 8-decade career over the next week. Join us and share your own favorites!
4/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny joins Bud Powell's Modernists in August 1949 on Powell's "Wail." "Very fast company... the top of the line." –S.R. youtu.be/0GAUtm0jrd8?...
Wail (Remastered 1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
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September 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
4/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny joins Bud Powell's Modernists in August 1949 on Powell's "Wail." "Very fast company... the top of the line." –S.R. youtu.be/0GAUtm0jrd8?...
13/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 The first recording of one of Sonny's best known compositions, "Airegin," for the Miles Davis LP Bags Groove in June 1954: youtu.be/nlc907zBBFY?...
Miles Davis Quintet - Airegin
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September 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
13/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 The first recording of one of Sonny's best known compositions, "Airegin," for the Miles Davis LP Bags Groove in June 1954: youtu.be/nlc907zBBFY?...
95/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's composition "Pantjali," recorded July 25, 2012 at Palais Longchamp, Marseille, France: youtu.be/MWwtH043bnw?...
Patanjali
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September 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
95/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny's composition "Pantjali," recorded July 25, 2012 at Palais Longchamp, Marseille, France: youtu.be/MWwtH043bnw?...
Si un dia no sabeu què escoltar, escriviu #sonnyrollins95for95, feu clic al primer que us surti i sereu una mica més feliços. A mi em funciona. Sonny Rollins, quin gegant.
0/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 On this day in 1930, Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was born in New York City. In celebration of his 95th birthday, we'll be sharing 95 notable tracks from his 8-decade career over the next week. Join us and share your own favorites!
September 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Si un dia no sabeu què escoltar, escriviu #sonnyrollins95for95, feu clic al primer que us surti i sereu una mica més feliços. A mi em funciona. Sonny Rollins, quin gegant.
42/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 From the October '58 LP Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders, Kern/Hammerstein's "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star": youtu.be/Iuo10MZXoHg?...
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star
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September 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
42/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 From the October '58 LP Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders, Kern/Hammerstein's "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star": youtu.be/Iuo10MZXoHg?...
94/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Tenor Madness" Sonny Rollins live at Jazz à Vienne, 2011: youtu.be/lxzuvS29lR8?...
Sonny Rollins - Jazz à Vienne 2011 - LIVE HD
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September 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
94/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Tenor Madness" Sonny Rollins live at Jazz à Vienne, 2011: youtu.be/lxzuvS29lR8?...
28/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Pannonica," Monk's tribute to his friend the Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter. Recorded for the Riverside LP Brilliant Corners in October 1956: youtu.be/9fkmrkmoJHs?...
Pannonica
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September 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
28/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Pannonica," Monk's tribute to his friend the Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter. Recorded for the Riverside LP Brilliant Corners in October 1956: youtu.be/9fkmrkmoJHs?...
20/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 In March 1956 Sonny is back with Miles Davis to record "Vierd Blues," later issued on the Prestige LP Collector's Items: youtu.be/C9iwFsJt4Qg?...
Vierd Blues (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
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September 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
20/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 In March 1956 Sonny is back with Miles Davis to record "Vierd Blues," later issued on the Prestige LP Collector's Items: youtu.be/C9iwFsJt4Qg?...
14/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Moving Out," the title track from the 1954 Prestige LP, featuring Kenny Dorham, Elmo Hope, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey: youtu.be/nxxH01vCmFU?...
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (Official Visualizer)
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September 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
14/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Moving Out," the title track from the 1954 Prestige LP, featuring Kenny Dorham, Elmo Hope, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey: youtu.be/nxxH01vCmFU?...
55/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny performs his theme for the movie "Alfie," with orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson, 1/26/66: youtu.be/b6BAN0zM0X4?...
Alfie's Theme (From "Alfie" Score)
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September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
55/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny performs his theme for the movie "Alfie," with orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson, 1/26/66: youtu.be/b6BAN0zM0X4?...
72/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny Rollins' "Blossom," from a performance at the Ume (Sweden) Jazz Festival in October 1980, released in 2008 on Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy): youtu.be/TSIR6yStdB8?...
✨Sonny Rollins- Blossom🎷
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September 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
72/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny Rollins' "Blossom," from a performance at the Ume (Sweden) Jazz Festival in October 1980, released in 2008 on Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy): youtu.be/TSIR6yStdB8?...
95.5/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Thank you for joining us for this Sonny Rollins celebration! As a closing bonus, enjoy this interview, "Jazz and Life": "Jazz is a force of nature, it's a feeling, it's a sense of communing with higher things... that's what it is for me." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFCE...
Jazz and Life - Sonny Rollins
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September 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
95.5/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Thank you for joining us for this Sonny Rollins celebration! As a closing bonus, enjoy this interview, "Jazz and Life": "Jazz is a force of nature, it's a feeling, it's a sense of communing with higher things... that's what it is for me." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFCE...
5/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Down" After a break from recording for over a year, the 20-year old Sonny records with Miles Davis for the first time on this Jan. 1951 Prestige session: youtu.be/41I_AoMp9UU?...
Down
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September 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
5/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Down" After a break from recording for over a year, the 20-year old Sonny records with Miles Davis for the first time on this Jan. 1951 Prestige session: youtu.be/41I_AoMp9UU?...
6/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "I Know" After the end of his first session with Miles Davis, Sonny records his first track as a leader (featuring Miles himself on piano!) youtu.be/o0MtuZxhOy4?...
I Know by Sonny Rollins from 'The Complete Prestige Recordings' Disc 1
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September 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
6/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "I Know" After the end of his first session with Miles Davis, Sonny records his first track as a leader (featuring Miles himself on piano!) youtu.be/o0MtuZxhOy4?...
15/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins reunite for Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" in Oct. 1954: youtu.be/BVjakWUFY7g?...
Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins Quartet - The Way You Look Tonight
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September 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
15/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins reunite for Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" in Oct. 1954: youtu.be/BVjakWUFY7g?...
12/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny joins trumpeter Art Farmer's group to record "I'll Take Romance" for Prestige in Jan. 1954: youtu.be/kltdcI9ItRk?...
I'll Take Romance
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September 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
12/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Sonny joins trumpeter Art Farmer's group to record "I'll Take Romance" for Prestige in Jan. 1954: youtu.be/kltdcI9ItRk?...
1/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Babs Gonzalez, "Capitolizing," Jan. 20, 1949. Sonny begins his recording career at age 19 with the inimitable Gonzalez: youtu.be/3d4BGlh3jLw?...
Capitolizing
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September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
1/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 Babs Gonzalez, "Capitolizing," Jan. 20, 1949. Sonny begins his recording career at age 19 with the inimitable Gonzalez: youtu.be/3d4BGlh3jLw?...
8/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Time on My Hands" (Youmans/Adamson) Sonny records his first full session as a leader for Prestige in Dec. 1951: youtu.be/cp5dpGAmRiI?...
Time On My Hands by Sonny Rollins from 'The Complete Prestige Recordings' Disc 2
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September 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
8/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 "Time on My Hands" (Youmans/Adamson) Sonny records his first full session as a leader for Prestige in Dec. 1951: youtu.be/cp5dpGAmRiI?...
7/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 In June of 1951 Sonny joined Miles Davis for a radio broadcast from Birdland, released much later by Blue Note. Here's Bud Powell's "Tempus Fugit": youtu.be/ZiwFBallnlI?...
Tempus Fugit (Live At Birdland)
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September 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
7/95 #sonnyrollins95for95 In June of 1951 Sonny joined Miles Davis for a radio broadcast from Birdland, released much later by Blue Note. Here's Bud Powell's "Tempus Fugit": youtu.be/ZiwFBallnlI?...