![]() Following the death of Brown in 1956, Rollins remained with Roach briefly before departing to lead his own groups. After a few months, Rollins was invited to replace Harold Land in the Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet, and he toured with the group, eventually returning to New York. ![]() He also met his future wife, Lucille Pearson (1928-2004) there they married in 1965. After his recovery, Rollins moved to Chicago, where he gradually re-entered the jazz scene. In 1955, he entered a drug treatment program at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky for four months. Rollins served short prison terms for robbery associated with his addiction in the early 1950s. Thomas," "Strode Rode," "Sonnymoon for Two," and "Pent-Up House." Other well-known Rollins compositions are "St. He also started recording his own compositions with Davis, including "Oleo," "Doxy," and "Airegin," which became jazz standards. Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, and Miles Davis, with whom he performed for six months in 1951.Īs did many of his contemporaries, Rollins developed a heroin addiction around 1948, but over the next few years he continued to play and record with Davis, Monk, Art Farmer, and the Modern Jazz Quartet, building a reputation as an inspired, fluent, and logical improviser, and one of the best of his generation. His debut recording came in 1949, accompanying the singer Babs Gonzales, and he began working and recording with modern jazz luminaries such as J. Primarily self-taught, Rollins was already performing around New York by 1947, and he was mentored by Thelonious Monk starting the following year. He began playing piano as a child, but switched to alto saxophone at the age of 11, and finally to tenor saxophone in 1946, inspired by Coleman Hawkins. ![]() Rollins was one of several musicians to come out of Sugar Hill among his contemporaries and friends were drummer Arthur Taylor, saxophonist Jackie McLean, and pianist Kenny Drew. ![]() His early influences included Louis Jordan, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Fats Waller, and Louis Armstrong. Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 9th, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, and one of the most highly-regarded improvisors in the history of the music.īorn in Harlem, New York to parents from the United States Virgin Islands, Rollins grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood, which was inhabited by many important black musicians and artists. Rollins's career is also illustrated by an extensive set of photographs and a large collection of unique sound and video recordings. This development can be most clearly observed in his music manuscripts and practice material personal writings letters and professional business records. His papers, dating from the 1910s to 2015 (the bulk dates from the 1950s onward), document the musical, personal, and career development of one of the most important musicians and artists of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7th, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Creator Rollins, Sonny Call number Sc MG 898 Physical description 73.43 linear feet (144 boxes, 18 volumes, 18 tubes, 7 oversized folders) 37.13 gigabytes (969 computer files) Language English Preferred Citation, Sonny Rollins papers, Sc MG 898, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library Repository Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Access to materials Request an in-person research appointment.
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