Playlist
Sonny Rollins Essentials
Apple Music Jazz
Tracks: 25207:26
From hard bop to jazz fusion, Newk stayed funky for 70 years.
Updated May 26, 2026
Tracks 25
- 1The Complete Prestige Recordings6:46
- 2The Bridge5:59
- 3The Complete Prestige Recordings11:18
- 4The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard6:44
- 5The Bridge (Remastered)7:28
- 6Acid Jazz - Verve 504:49
- 7Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (Expanded Edition)4:17
- 8The Complete Prestige Recordings7:43
- 9The Complete Prestige Recordings2:33
- 10Plus 4 (Remastered 2025)8:38
- 11The Definitive Sonny Rollins On Prestige, Riverside, and Contemporary5:42
- 12On Riverside: Sonny Rollins3:22
- 13The Complete Night At The Village Vanguard8:40
- 14Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered)6:24
- 15Tenor Madness (Remastered)12:14
- 16The Complete Prestige Recordings3:07
- 17On Riverside: Sonny Rollins4:00
- 18The Freelance Years5:24
- 19Freedom Suite19:22
- 20The Complete Prestige Recordings6:25
- 21Sonny Boy9:25
- 22The Complete Prestige Recordings6:55
- 23The Standard Sonny Rollins4:11
- 24East Broadway Run Down20:25
- 25Original Album Classics25:24
About this playlist
One of the fathers of hard bop, saxophonist Sonny Rollins first made a splash in the ’40s playing alongside Miles Davis and Max Roach. By the time he became a bandleader in 1956, his improvisational style was blowing jazz fans away, incorporating classical and Caribbean influences. Rollins kept playing throughout the 2010s, even collaborating with The Rolling Stones.