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Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.

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Discography

Our Man in Jazz, 2001
G-Man
Way Out West, 2005
Worktime, 2005
The Essential, the RCA Years, 2005
The Bridge, 2010
Dig, 1989
Moving Out, 1956
Alfie, 1997
Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Sonny Rollins, 2000
Plus 4, 2003
Trio in Stockholm 1959, 1993
Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, 1996
Saxophone Colossus, 1998
Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet, 2005
Sonny Rollins, Volume 1, 1954
Saxophone Colossus & Work Time, 2006
The Way I Feel, 1998
Sonny Rollins on impulse!, 2011
Sonny Meets Hawk!, 1963
The Sound of Sonny, 1959
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders, 1991
Now's the Time!, 1999
First Class Jazz 05, 2006
The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, Volume 2, 1959
Trio in Stockholm 1959 - St Thomas, 1959
Planet Jazz: Sonny Rollins, 1997
Jazz Contrasts, 1957
+ 3, 1996
Rollin' With Rollins, 2012
Sonny Rollins's Finest Hour, 2002
What's New?, 1962
Falling In Love With Jazz, 1989
Newk's Time, 1957
The Cutting Edge, 1998
Reel Life, 2000
East Broadway Run Down, 1995
The Standard Sonny Rollins, 2007
The Impulse Story, 2006
Alternatives, 1964
Don't Stop the Carnival, 1998
Horn Culture, 1998
Freedom Suite, 2006
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass, 1999
A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 2, 1987
Tour de Force, 1991
Sonny Rollins, Volume 2, 1957
This Is What I Do, 2000
Don't Ask, 1979
A Night at the Village Vanguard, 1999
Rollins Plays for Bird, 1999
Sonny Rollins Plus 4, 1956
Everytime We Say Goodbye
Sonny Rollins' Next Album, 2007
First Recordings!, 1971
The Essential Sonny Rollins, 2000
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Sonny Please, 2006
The Freedom Suite: 1956-1958, 1998
Silver City: A Celebration of 25 Years on Milestone, 1996
Définitif
Easy Living, 2007
Love at First Sight, 2000
Road Shows, Volume 2, 2011
100 ans de jazz (disc 2), 2000
Dancing in the Dark, 1987
Volume Two, 1999
A Jazz Hour With Sonny Rollins
The Complete Prestige Recordings, 1992
Brass / Trio, 1983
Road Shows, Volume 1, 2008
The Best of Sonny Rollins: The Blue Note Years, 1989
Sonny Side Up, 1958
Supreme Jazz - Sonny Rollins
After the Bridge, 1994
Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964
No Problem, 2000
Modern Jazz Quartet and Sonny Rollins
Rollins 'Round Midnight
The Art of Saxophone, 1995
The Blue Note Recordings
Tour de force, 1996
Old Flames, 1993
Work Time, 1956
Airegin
Sonny Rollins, Priceless Jazz Collection
Nucleus, 1998
Prestige Profiles: Sonny Rollins, 2006
Ballads, 2002
Brown Skin Girl, 1999
The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings, 2000
Scoops
Sunny Days, Starry Nights, 2000
A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1, 1987
The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings, 2000
Here's To The People, 1991
All the Things You Are
Tenor Madness / Saxophone Colossus

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4:44pm May 22

Song	Yesterdays
Artist	Sonny Rollins
Album	Rollins 'round Midnight
Label	BMG
Year	1963

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