Godfathers of Jazz - Sonny Rollins
Julian Joseph celebrates the music of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins in the company of fellow saxophonist Tony Kofi, including interviews and essential cuts from the sax master.
Julian Joseph celebrates the music of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins in the company of fellow saxophonist Tony Kofi, including interviews and essential cuts from the sax master. Rollins has recorded over 60 albums as a leader and many of his compositions, including βDoxyβ and βSt.Thomasβ are now jazz standards performed by jazz artists across the world. Rollins has worked with the cream of jazz talent, including trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Thelonious Monk and drummer Max Roach.
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Sonny Rollins
52nd Street Theme
- The Amazing Bud Powell Vol.1.
- Blue Note.
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Fats Waller, A Razaf & H Brooks
Ain't Misbehavin
- Ain't Misbehavin.
- Past Present.
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Stan Getz, The Stan Getz Quartet & Chet Baker
Airegin
- QUINTESSENCE VOLUME 2.
- CONCORD JAZZ.
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Thelonious Monk
Monk's Dream
- Monk's Dream.
- Columbia Legacy.
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Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
- Clifford Brown, Max Roach Quintet: Complete Studio Recording.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
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Sonny Rollins
St. Thomas
- Saxophone Colossus.
- PRESTIGE.
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Sir Lancelot
Scandal in the Family
- Rough Guide to Calypso Gold.
- MCA duchess.
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Trane, Red, PC & Philly
Tenor Madness
- Sonnyβs Tenor Madness with Trane, Red, PC & Philly.
- PRESTIGE.
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Sonny Rollins
Reflections
- Sonny Vol 2.
- Blue Note.
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Sonny Rollins
Way out West
- Way Out West.
- CONTEMPORARY.
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Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Bryant & Charlie Persip
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Recorded New York, December 19, 1957)
- Sonny Side Up.
- Verve.
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Sonny Rollins
Alfie's Theme
- Alfie.
- Decca.
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Broadcast
- Sat 16 Nov 2019 03:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3