Sonny Rollins

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bandleader composer human jazz musician tenor saxophonist

Sonny Rollins is a pioneering American jazz tenor saxophonist renowned for his powerful improvisations, influential recordings, and major contributions to the development of modern jazz.

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Sonny Rollins canonical 58

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Bud Powell ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Jim Hall ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
Ornette Coleman ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement

NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Polar Music Prize ⓘ
birthName Theodore Walter Rollins ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-09-07 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Rollins ⓘ
fieldOfWork improvisation ⓘ
music ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
givenName Theodore ⓘ
influenced Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Chris Potter ⓘ
Joe Henderson ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Joshua Redman ⓘ
influencedBy Bud Powell ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
instrument soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
movement hard bop ⓘ
surface form: hard bop movement

modern jazz ⓘ
name Sonny Rollins self-link ⓘ
nickname Newk ⓘ
notableCharacteristic powerful improvisational style ⓘ
thematic improvisation ⓘ
notableEvent practiced on Williamsburg Bridge in New York City ⓘ
took sabbatical from performing in late 1950s ⓘ
notablePlaceOfActivity New York City ⓘ
Village Vanguard ⓘ
notableWork A Night at the Village Vanguard ⓘ
Airegin ⓘ
Doxy ⓘ
East Broadway Run Down ⓘ
Freedom Suite ⓘ
Global Warming ⓘ
Newk’s Time ⓘ
Oleo ⓘ
Our Man in Jazz ⓘ
Plus 4 ⓘ
Road Shows ⓘ
Saxophone Colossus ⓘ
Sonny Rollins on Impulse! ⓘ
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 ⓘ
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form: St. Thomas

Tenor Madness ⓘ
The Bridge ⓘ
Way Out West ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
spouse Lucille Pearson Rollins ⓘ
website https://sonnyrollins.com ⓘ

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Charlie Parker → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Max Roach → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?
With a Song in My Heart → recordedBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Jazz in Marciac → notablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie → collaboratedWith → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Bird → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
Confirmation → recordedBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California → notableClient → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
subject surface form: Fantasy Studios
In a Sentimental Mood → notableRecordingBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Sonny Rollins → name → Sonny Rollins self-link ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
You Stepped Out of a Dream → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Ben Webster → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Bud Powell → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Impulse! Records → notableArtist → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Monterey Jazz Festival → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Jazz in 3/4 Time → composer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Jazz in 3/4 Time → performer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
NEA Jazz Masters Award → notableRecipient → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Fantasy Records → releasedArtist → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Clifford Brown → collaboratedWith → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Coleman → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
subject surface form: Coleman Hawkins
Bean → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Newport Jazz Festival → hasFeaturedArtist → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Abbey Lincoln → collaboratedWith → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Paul Chambers → collaboratedWith → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Sammy Figueroa → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Prestige Records → notableArtist → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Alan Dawson → associatedWith → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Junior Cook → influencedBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
hard bop → notableArtist → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Dexter Gordon → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Long Ago (and Far Away) → hasNotableRecordingBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Coleman Randolph Hawkins → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Coleman Randolph Hawkins → influenced → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Donald Byrd → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Waiting on a Friend → saxophoneSoloBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Waiting on a Friend → featuresMusician → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Wynton Kelly → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Out of This World → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Jazz à Juan → hasNotablePerformer → Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Jim Hall → associatedAct → Sonny Rollins ⓘ