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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus".
Birth Name
Theodore Walter Rollins
Born
Sunday, 07 September 1930
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| WAYNE SHORTER: ZERO GRAVITY | Self - Saxophonist & Composer | 2023 |
| Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | 2023 |
| Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes | Self | 2022 |
| Ronnie's | Self | 2020 |
| It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story | Self | 2019 |
| Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | Self / Self - Musician | 2016 |
| Brownie Speaks | Self | 2014 |
| Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes | Self | 2014 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 2011 |
| West Wing Week | Self | 2010 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| WAYNE SHORTER: ZERO GRAVITY | Self - Saxophonist & Composer | 2023 |
| Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | 2023 |
| Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes | Self | 2022 |
| Ronnie's | Self | 2020 |
| It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story | Self | 2019 |
| Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | Self / Self - Musician | 2016 |
| Brownie Speaks | Self | 2014 |
| Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes | Self | 2014 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 2011 |
| West Wing Week | Self | 2010 |
| The Jazz Baroness | Self - interviewed / Self | 2009 |
| Texas Monthly Talks | Self - Interviewee | 2003 |
| Jim Hall: A Life in Progress | Self | 1998 |
| Saxophone Colossus | Self | 1998 |
| Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz | Self | 1997 |
| A Great Day in Harlem | Self / (self) | 1994 |
| Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story | Self | 1992 |
| The Simpsons | Sonny Rollins | 1989 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
