The people around them
Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.
Who makes their records
People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.
Engineered by
20 songs
Produced by
4 songs
Produced by
4 songs
Produced by
3 songs
Produced by
3 songs
Engineered by
3 songs
Written by
2 songs
Written by
2 songs
Written by
2 songs
Produced by
2 songs
Engineered by
2 songs
Produced by
2 songs
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Rudy van Gelder is Sonny Rollins’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 20 songs
Sonny Rollins recorded most at Van Gelder Studio (20 songs)
Sonny Rollins wrote or co-wrote 18 of 59 songs on fono (31%)
Credited songs by Sonny Rollins span 66 years, 1954 to 2020 (56 songs)
Top songs
- 1
From Saxophone Colossus
- 2
1957
- 3
- 4
1957
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
John S.
Sonny Rollins, 1962
- 10
If you like them, try
Where the songs were made
- Van Gelder Studio20 songs
- ArtEZ Academie voor beeldende kunsten Arnhem5 songs
- VARA Studio4 songs
- Contemporary’s Studio3 songs
- Nola Studios3 songs
- The Go-Go Club2 songs
- Victor Studio #21 song
- Village Vanguard1 song
- WOR Studios1 song
Releases
Member of
- Babs Gonzales and His OrchestraBG
- Bud Powell's Modernists
- Kenny Dorham Quintet
- Max Roach Quintet
- Miles Davis All Stars
- Miles Davis and His BandMD
- Miles Davis SextetMD
- Sonny Rollins Plus Four
- Sonny Rollins QuartetSR
- Sonny Rollins Quintet
- Sonny Rollins Trio
- The Clifford Brown–Max Roach QuintetTC
- The J.J. Johnson Quintet
- Thelonious Monk QuartetTM
- The Riverside Jazz StarsTR
Elsewhere
Sources (18)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Babs Gonzales and His Orchestra
Sonny Rollins is a member of Babs Gonzales and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Bud Powell's Modernists
Sonny Rollins is a member of Bud Powell's Modernists
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Kenny Dorham Quintet
Sonny Rollins is a member of Kenny Dorham Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Max Roach Quintet
Sonny Rollins is a member of Max Roach Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Miles Davis All Stars
Sonny Rollins is a member of Miles Davis All Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Miles Davis Sextet
Sonny Rollins is a member of Miles Davis Sextet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Miles Davis and His Band
Sonny Rollins is a member of Miles Davis and His Band
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Plus Four
Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Plus Four
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Quartet
Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Quartet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Quintet
Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Trio
Sonny Rollins is a member of Sonny Rollins Trio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet
Sonny Rollins is a member of The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of The J.J. Johnson Quintet
Sonny Rollins is a member of The J.J. Johnson Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of The Riverside Jazz Stars
Sonny Rollins is a member of The Riverside Jazz Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is a member of Thelonious Monk Quartet
Sonny Rollins is a member of Thelonious Monk Quartet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Sonny Rollins is from Harlem
17Wikidata The genre of Sonny Rollins is jazz
18Wikidata The genre of Sonny Rollins is post-bop