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1949

Artisti vari - Bebop Professors  (Capitol (J) CR 8812)

J.J. Johnson (tb) Julius Watkins (frh) Jordan Fordin (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Linton Garner (p) Art Phipps (b) Jack Parker (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)
NYC, Gennaio 20, 1949
      Capitolizing
      Professor Bob

J.J. Johnson (tb) Alberto Socarras (fl) Don Redman (ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Bruce Lawrence (b, vo) Roy Haynes (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)
NYC, Aprile 27, 1949
3779-2     St. Louis Blues
Babs Gonzales - Weird Lullaby  (Blue Note CDP 7 84464-2)

J.J. Johnson (tb) Alberto Socarras (fl) Don Redman (ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Nance (vln -3) Wynton Kelly (p) Bruce Lawrence (b, vo) Roy Haynes (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)
Stessa data e studio di registrazione
1. 3776-3     Real Crazy
2. 3777-4     Then You'll Be Boppin' Too
3. 3778-1     When Lovers They Lose
J.J. Johnson - Mad Be Bop  (Savoy SJL 2232)

J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Shadow Wilson (d)
NYC, Maggio 11, 1949
S36-130-1     Audobahn
S36-132-2     Goof Square
S36-132-4     -
S36-133-3     Bee Jay
J.J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets  (Savoy MG 12106)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
S36-130-3     Audobahn (Audubon)
S36-131     Don't Blame Me
S36-132-8     Goof Square
S36-133-5     Bee Jay
J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie Green - Trombone by Three  (Prestige PRLP 7023)

Kenny Dorham (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Leonard Gaskin (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, Maggio 26, 1949
JRC20B     Elysees
JRC21C     Opus V
JRC22C     Hi-Lo
JRC23D     Fox Hunt

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 091, OJCCD 091-2.
** Solo su Prestige PRLP 16-4.
The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2  (Blue Note BLP 1532)

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)
WOR Studios, NYC, Agosto 9, 1949
BN360-0     Bouncing with Bud (alt. take 1)
BN362-0     Dance of the Infidels (alt. take)
The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 1531)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
BN360-1     Bouncing with Bud (alt. take 2)
BN361-0     Wail (alt. take)
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 1503)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
BN360-2     Bouncing with Bud
BN361-3     Wail
BN362-1     Dance of the Infidels
BN363-1     52nd Street Theme

 

1951

Miles Davis and Horns  (Prestige PRLP 7025)

Miles Davis (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Roy Haynes (d)
Apex Studios, NYC, Gennaio17, 1951
128A     Morpheus
129B     Down
131A     Whispering

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7168 intitolata "Early Miles 1951 & 1953"; PR 7674 intitolata "Early Miles"; Fantasy OJC 053, OJCCD 053-2.
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey, Kenny Drew  (Prestige PRLP 7029)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Miles Davis (p) Percy Heath (b) Roy Haynes (d)
Stessa data e studio di registrazione
132     I Know

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
Apex Studios, NYC, Dicembre 17, 1951
267     Time on My Hands
268     Mambo Bounce
269     This Love of Mine
270     Shadrack
271     On a Slow Boat to China
272     With a Song in My Heart
273     Scoops
274     Newk's Fadeaway

Sonny Rollins (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
NYC, ottobre 7, 1953
509     In a Sentimental Mood
510     The Stopper
511     Almost Like Being in Love
512     No Moe

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7269 intitolata "Rollins and the Stars"; PR 7856 intitolata "First Recordings!"; Fantasy OJC 011, OJCCD 011-2.
Miles Davis, Vol. 2  (Session 102)

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)
"Birdland", NYC, Maggio 2, 1951
      Moo/Mod (mof Move)
      Half Nelson (two)
      Mick's Blues (mof Down)
      Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
Artisti vari - Conception  (Prestige PRLP 7013)

Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as -1) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)
Apex Studios, NYC, ottobre 5, 1951
1. 228     Conception
2. 233     My Old Flame

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 1726, OJCCD 1726-2.
Miles Davis - Dig  (Prestige PRLP 7012)

Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as -1/5) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)
Stessa data e studio di registrazione
1. 229     Out of the Blue
2. 230     Denial
3. 231     Bluing, Pt. 1&2
4. -     Bluing, Pt. 3
5. 232     Dig
6. 234     It's Only a Paper Moon

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7281 intitolata "Diggin' with the Miles Davis Sextet"; Fantasy OJC 005, OJCCD 005-2.

 

1953

Miles Davis - Collector's Items  (Prestige PRLP 7044)

Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Percy Heath (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
WOR Studios, NYC, Gennaio30, 1953
450     Compulsion
451-1     The Serpent's Tooth, I
451-2     The Serpent's Tooth, II

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Marzo 16, 1956
864     In Your Own Sweet Way
865     No Line
866     Weird Blues

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 071, OJCCD 071-2.
Thelonious Monk - Monk  (Prestige PRLP 7053)

Julius Watkins (frh) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Willie Jones (d)
NYC, Novembre 13, 1953
531     Let's Call This
532-1     Think of One (alt. take)
532-2     Think of One

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7245 intitolata "Wee See"; PR 7363 intitolata "The Golden Monk"; Fantasy OJC 016, OJCCD 016-2.
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins  (Prestige PRLP 7075)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
533     Friday the Thirteenth

Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Taylor (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, ottobre 25, 1954
630     I Want to Be Happy
631     The Way You Look Tonight

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7169 intitolata "Work"; PR 7656 intitolata "The Genius of Thelonious Monk"; Fantasy OJC 059, OJCCD 059-2.

 

1954

Art Farmer - Early Art  (New Jazz NJLP 8258)

Art Farmer (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Gennaio20, 1954
553     Soft Shoe
554     Confab in Tempo
555     I'll Take Romance

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PR 7665, Fantasy OJCCD 880-2.
Miles Davis - Bags' Groove  (Prestige PRLP 7109)

Miles Davis (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Maggio 29, 1954
590     Airegin
591     Oleo
592-1     But Not for Me
592-2     But Not for Me (alt. take)
593     Doxy

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 245, OJCCD 245-2.
** Solo su Prestige PRLP 16-3.
Moving Out  (Prestige PRLP 7058)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Agosto 18, 1954
606     Movin' Out
607     Swinging for Bumsy
608     Silk 'n' Satin
609     Solid

Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Taylor (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, ottobre 25, 1954
632     More Than You Know

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PR 7433 intitolata "Jazz Classics"; Fantasy OJC 058, OJCCD 058-2.

 

1955

Clifford Brown - Raw Genius, Vol. 1  (Victor (J) SMJ 6185 6M)

Clifford Brown (tp) Nicky Hill, Sonny Rollins (ts) Billy Wallace (p) Leo Blevins (g) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
"Bee Hive Club", Chicago, IL, Novembre 7, 1955
      I'll Remember Aprile
      Woody'n You
      Hot House
Clifford Brown - Raw Genius, Vol. 2  (Victor (J) SMJ 6186 6M)

Clifford Brown (tp) Nicky Hill, Sonny Rollins (ts) Chris Anderson (p -1) Billy Wallace (p -2) Leo Blevins (g) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
Stessa data e studio di registrazione
1.     Cherokee
2.     Walkin'
Worktime  (Prestige PRLP 7020)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dicembre 2, 1955
826     There's No Business Like Show Business
827     Paradox
828     Raincheck
829     There Are Such Things
830     It's Alright with Me

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7246; PR 7750 intitolata "Worktime!"; Fantasy OJC 007, OJCCD 007-2.

 

1956

Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street  (EmArcy MG 36070)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, Gennaio4, 1956
12421-4     Gertrude's Bounce
12423-12     Powell's Prances

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, Febbraio 16, 1956
12463-7     What Is This Thing Called Love?
12464-14     Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, Febbraio 17, 1956
12459-1     I'll Remember Aprile
12460-8     Time
12461-16     The Scene Is Clean
Clifford Brown - The Quintet, Vol. 2  (EmArcy EMS 2-407)

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, Gennaio4, 1956
12422-10     Junior's Arrival (aka Step Lightly)
Clifford Brown - Pure Genius, Vol. 1  (Elektra/Musician E1 60026)

Stessi musicisti:
Probabilmente registrato a in NYC, early 1956
      I'll Remember Aprile
      What's New?
      Daahoud
      Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
      52nd Street Theme
The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown - Brownie  (EmArcy 838 306-2)

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, Febbraio 16, 1956
12463-6     What Is This Thing Called Love? (alt. take)
12464-1     Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (breakdown)
12464-2     Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (alt. take)

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, Febbraio 17, 1956
12459-2     I'll Remember Aprile (breakdown)
12462     Flossie Lou (reh. take)
12462-3     Flossie Lou (alt. take 1)
12462-7     Flossie Lou (alt. take 2)
12462-8     Flossie Lou (alt. take 3)
Clifford Brown - More Study in Brown  (EmArcy (J) 195J 1)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
12459-3     I'll Remember Aprile (alt. take)
The Immortal Clifford Brown  (Limelight LM 2-8201)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
12462-9     Flossie Lou

** Ristampata anche su Limelight LS 2-8601.
Sonny Rollins Plus 4  (Prestige PRLP 7038)

Clifford Brown (tp -1/4) Sonny Rollins (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, Marzo 22, 1956
1. 867     I Feel a Song Comin' on
2. 868     Pent-Up House
3. 869     Valse Hot
4. 870     Kiss and Run
5. 871     Count Your Blessings

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7291 intitolata "Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Max Roach - 3 Giants!"; PR 7821 intitolata "Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Max Roach - Three Giants"; Fantasy OJC 243, OJCCD 243-2.
Max Roach - Clifford Brown Quintet Live at Basin Street, Aprile, 1956  (Ingo (It) two)

Stessi musicisti:
"Basin Street Club", NYC, Aprile 28, 1956
      Waltz Hot (mof Valse Hot)
      I Feel a Song Comin' on

Willie Jones (d) sostituisce Roach
"Basin Street Club", NYC, Maggio 6, 1956
      Sweet Clifford
      What's New?
      Daahoud
Tenor Madness  (Prestige PRLP 7047)

Sonny Rollins (ts) John Coltrane (ts -5) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Maggio 24, 1956
1. 902     My Reverie
2. 903     The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
3. 904     Paul's Pal
4. 905     When Your Lover Has Gone
5. 906     Tenor Madness

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PR 7657, Fantasy OJC 124, OJCCD 124-2.
Clifford Brown - Brownie's Eyes, Vol. 7  (Philology (It) W 1008-2)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) probabilmente Richie Powell (p) probabilmente George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Bob Story (ann)
WIOR trasmissione radio, "Continental Restaurant", Norfolk, VA, Maggio 18, 1956
      Just One of Those Things
      You Go to My Head
      Good Bait
Clifford Brown - Brownie's Eyes, Vol. 8  (Philology (It) W 1009-2)

Clifford Brown (tp) Sonny Stitt (as -5) Sonny Rollins (ts) probabilmente Richie Powell (p) probabilmente George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Bob Story (ann)
Stessa data e studio di registrazione
1.     One for My Baby
2.     Someone to Watch Over Me
3.     What's New?
4.     These Foolish Things
5.     I Get a Kick Out of You
Saxophone Colossus  (Prestige PRLP 7079)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Doug Watkins (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Maggio 22, 1956
918     You Don't Know What Love Is
919     St. Thomas
920     Strode Rode
921     Blue Seven
922     Moritat (aka Mack the Knife)

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PRLP 7326, Fantasy OJC 291, OJCCD 291-2.
Max Roach + 4  (EmArcy MG 36098)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, Settembre 17, 1956
13768     Mr. X
13769     Body and Soul
13770-4     Just One of Those Things

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, Settembre 19, 1956
13764-6     Ezz-thetic
13766     Woody'n You
13767     Dr. Free-Zee

** originally intended as EmArcy SR 80001.
** Ristampata anche su EmArcy (J) 195J 39 intitolata "Max Roach + 4 & More".
Max Roach + 4 & More  (EmArcy (J) 195J 39)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bill Wallace (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Marzo 18, 1957
15176-6     It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
15178-5     Love Letters

Stessi musicisti:
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Marzo 20, 1957
15188-10     Minor Trouble

** Ristampato da EmArcy MG 36098 intitolata "Max Roach + 4" + 7 bonus tracks.
Max Roach - Jazz in 3/4 Time  (EmArcy MG 36108)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, Settembre 19, 1956
13765     The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Bill Wallace (p) sostituisce Bryant
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Marzo 18, 1957
15175-10     I'll Take Romance
15177     Blues Waltz

Stessi musicisti:
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Marzo 20, 1957
15187-7     Little Folks
15189-4     Valse Hot

Stessi musicisti:
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Marzo 21, 1957
15194     Lover (mono edit)

** Ristampata anche su Mercury MG 20538.
Rollins Plays for Bird  (Prestige PRLP 7095)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wade Legge (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, ottobre 5, 1956
979     I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
980     Kids Know
982     Bird Medley: I Remember You / Star Eyes / My Melancholy Baby / They Can't Take That Away from Me / Old Folks / Just Friends / My Little Suede Shoes

** Ristampata anche su Prestige PR 7553, Fantasy OJC 214, OJCCD 214-2.
Sonny Boy  (Prestige PRLP 7207)

Stessa sessione di registrazione
 
981     The House I Live in

Kenny Drew (p) sostituisce Dorham, Legge
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dicembre 7, 1956
1033     Sonny Boy

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 348, OJCCD 348-2.
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners  (Riverside RLP 12-226)

Ernie Henry (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, ottobre 9, 1956
      Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
      Pannonica

Stessi musicisti:
NYC, ottobre 15, 1956
      Brilliant Corners

Clark Terry (tp) Paul Chambers (b) sostituisce Henry, Pettiford
NYC, Dicembre 7, 1956
      Bemsha Swing

** Ristampata anche su Riverside RLP 1174; RS 3000 intitolata "Mighty Monk"; Fantasy OJC 026, OJCCD 026-2.
Ernie Henry - Last Chorus  (Riverside RLP 12-266)

Ernie Henry (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, ottobre 9, 1956
      Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (edited ver.)

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 086, OJCCD 1906-2.
Kenny Dorham 1953, 1956, 1964  (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 515)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)
"Birdland", NYC, ottobre 10, 1956
      Valse Hot
      I Get a Kick Out of You
Tour de Force  (Prestige PRLP 7126)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Earl Coleman (vo -2,3)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dicembre 7, 1956
1. 1031     B. Swift
2. 1032     My Ideal
3. 1034     Two Different Worlds
4. 1035     Ee-Ah
5. 1036     B. Quick

** Ristampata anche su Fantasy OJC 095, OJCCD 095-2.
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 1542)

Donald Byrd (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Gene Ramey (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dicembre 16, 1956
tk.1     Decision
tk.2     Plain Jane
tk.5     Sonnysphere
tk.6     How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
tk.8     Bluesnote