Listening path
Sonny Rollins
How well do you know Rollins's records?
INew to themSonny Rollins played the tenor saxophone for more than six decades, and his records of the 1950s set a standard for the instrument. This path starts with his best-loved album, then moves through his own quartets and trios, a night in a club, a larger band, and records he made in other leaders' groups.12 records · start →III know the classicsYou know the big Rollins records. This path fills in around them, roughly in order: early sessions beside his elders, the bands of 1956, the busy years of 1957 and 1958 when he recorded for nearly every label in town, and one record from after his return.12 records · start →IIII know them wellThis path is for the listener who knows Rollins well. It runs roughly in order, from his teenage sessions in 1949 through his first dates as a leader, sideman work for trumpeters, drummers and a singer, guest spots and odd corners, and ends in the mid-1960s.12 records · start →