Autographs of Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American former 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", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser". More about Sonny Rollins
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Rollins was born in New York City to parents from the Virgin Islands. The youngest of three siblings, he grew up in central Harlem and on Sugar Hill, receiving his first alto saxophone at the age of seven or eight. He attended Edward W. Stitt Junior High School and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in East Harlem. Rollins started as a pianist, changed to alto saxophone, and finally switched to tenor in 1946. During his high school years, he played in a band with other future jazz legends Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew, and Art Taylor.
After graduating from high school in 1948, Rollins began performing professionally; he made his first recordings in early 1949 as a sideman with the bebop singer Babs Gonzales (trombonist J. J. Johnson was the arranger of the group). Within the next few months, he began to make a name for himself, recording with Johnson and appearing under the leadership of pianist Bud Powell, alongside trumpeter Fats Navarro and drummer Roy Haynes, on a seminal "hard bop" session. Read even more about Sonny Rollins at Wikipedia
After graduating from high school in 1948, Rollins began performing professionally; he made his first recordings in early 1949 as a sideman with the bebop singer Babs Gonzales (trombonist J. J. Johnson was the arranger of the group). Within the next few months, he began to make a name for himself, recording with Johnson and appearing under the leadership of pianist Bud Powell, alongside trumpeter Fats Navarro and drummer Roy Haynes, on a seminal "hard bop" session. Read even more about Sonny Rollins at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Sonny Rollins
The most expensive item with a signature of Sonny Rollins (SONNY ROLLINS NICELY HAND SIGNED 10x8 PHOTO STILL AUTHENTIC JAZZ AUTOGRAPH 3) was sold in September 2016 for £150.00 while the cheapest item (Sonny ROLLINS signed Jazz 8x10 Promo Photo AFTAL Dealer 135) found a new owner for £4.99 in February 2018. The month with the most items sold (1) was January 2016 with an average selling price of £21.87 for an autographed item of Sonny Rollins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2016 with £150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.99 was February 2018. In average, an autographed item from Sonny Rollins is worth £19.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Sonny Rollins were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | hand signed original autograph photo Sonny ROLLINS Jazz Sax Saxophone 8X10 inch | £24.99 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS (Jazz legend), super b/w promo photo, ORIGINALLY FULLY SIGNED! | £39.99 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS - JAZZ SAX - GENUINE HAND SIGNED CARD | £12.99 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS 8x10 signed photo in person | £21.87 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS 8x10 signed photo in person | £17.00 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS 8x10 signed photo in person | £19.00 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS 8x10 signed photo in person | £19.00 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS 8x10 signed photo in person | £19.00 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS 8x10 signed photo in person | £22.00 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS NICELY HAND SIGNED 10x8 PHOTO STILL AUTHENTIC JAZZ AUTOGRAPH 3 | £150.00 | |
| Sonny Rollins SIGNED CD Album + Great Provenance | £79.99 | |
| Sonny ROLLINS signed Jazz 8x10 Promo Photo AFTAL Dealer 135 | £4.99 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS ~ A Night At... (Blue Note) France -1957-RE-ISSUE! - **SIGNED** | £40.09 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS ~ Vol. 2 (Blue Note) France -1957 - RE-ISSUE! - **SIGNED** RARE! | £40.00 | |
| SONNY ROLLINS: American Jazz Saxophone band leader. Signed 8 x 10 photo. COA. | £39.99 | |