Sonny Rollins discography
Rollins performing solo at the San Francisco Opera House in February 1982
Studio albums	49
Live albums	11
Appearances	25

This article presents the discography of the jazz saxophonist and band leader Sonny Rollins.

Studio albums

Live albums

As sideman

With Miles Davis

• Miles Davis and Horns (Prestige, 1951)
• Dig (Prestige, 1951)
• Collectors' Items (Prestige, 1953)
• Bags' Groove (Prestige, 1954)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Duets (Verve, 1957)
• Sonny Side Up (Verve, 1957) - also with Sonny Stitt

With J. J. Johnson

• J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy, 1949 [1957]) – four tracks
• Mad Be-Bop (Savoy, 1949 [1978]) – eight tracks (as above, plus alternate takes)
• Trombone By Three (Prestige, 1949 [1956]) – album shared with Kai Winding and Bennie Green, original 78rpm issues under the New Jazz imprint

With Thelonious Monk

• Monk (Prestige, 1954)
• Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1956)^[1] – 10-inch issue released in 1953
• Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1957)

With Max Roach

• Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy, 1956) - with Clifford Brown
• Max Roach + 4 (EmArcy, 1956)
• Jazz in ¾ Time (EmArcy, 1956–57)

With others

• Kenny Dorham, Jazz Contrasts (Riverside, 1957)
• Art Farmer, Early Art (New Jazz, 1954)
• Babs Gonzales, Weird Lullaby (Blue Note/Capitol, 1949)
• Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1956)
• Abbey Lincoln, That's Him! (Riverside, 1957)
• Modern Jazz Quartet, The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (Atlantic, 1958)
• Fats Navarro, The Fabulous Fats Navarro (Blue Note, 1949)
• Bud Powell, The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note, 1949)
• The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You (Rolling Stones Records, 1981)
• McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, and Al Foster, Milestone Jazzstars in Concert (Milestone, 1978)

References

External links

• Sonny Rollins Discography Project accessed December 18, 2009