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  • Sonny Rollins - Live At Lauren
  • Sonny Rollins - Live At Lauren review by from RHYL, NORTH WALES
    Rated - 4.0 stars Dutch treats 8 June 2007
    ... DVD is made up of two films made in the Netherlands. The first is tenor saxist Sonny Rollins Live at the Laren Jazz Festival in 1973 with Walter Davis Jr (piano), ‘Matsuo’ ...   Read customer review

Sonny Rollins - filmography


  • The Jazz Baroness on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Chico Hamilton,  Roy Haynes
    Director: Hannah Rothschild
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The true story of a Jewish British Baroness who fell in love with the musical genius Thelonious Monk. Helen Mirren is the voice of the Jazz Baroness and Sonny Rollins, TS Monk Junior, The Duchess of Devonshire, Quincy Jones, Lord Rothschild, Roy Haynes, Chico Hamilton help recreate her story. The ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 34 members
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  • Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns (4 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: David Keith,  Glenn Miller,  Sonny Rollins
    Director: Ken Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    For the third part of his American Trilogy--following THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL--Ken Burns takes on jazz, "that most American of art forms." The 10-part, 19-hour film begins with the music's roots in post-Civil War New Orleans and concludes a century later.
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 435 members
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  • A Great Day In Harlem (1994)
    Starring: Art Blakey,  Sonny Rollins,  Dizzy Gillespie
    Director: Jean Bach
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A Great Day in Harlem is a wonderful documentary about a seemingly ho-hum subject -- the taking of a photograph. Even when the photograph in question involves some of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived, building a film around a static subject like a photograph is not an easy task. Jean Bach'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 89 members
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  • Jazz Icons - Sonny Rollins - Live In '65...
    Starring: Sonny Rollins
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Jazz icon Sonny Rollins performs live in '65 and '68. Tracks: 1. There Will Never Be Another You 2. St. Thomas 3. Oleo/Sonnymoon For Two 4. I Can't Get Started 5. Darn That Dream 6. Three Little Words 7. On Green Dolphin Street 8. St. Thomas 9. Four
    1 star out of 5 15% from 2 members
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Sonny Rollins facts

5 most recent films

The Jazz Baroness - 3.0 stars
Sonny Rollins - Live At Lauren - 3.0 stars
Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns - 4.0 stars
A Great Day In Harlem - 3.5 stars
Sonny Rollins Quintet - Live In Montreal 1982 - 1.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns - 4.0 stars
A Great Day In Harlem - 3.5 stars
Sonny Rollins And Jim Hall - The Bridge - 3.0 stars
The Jazz Baroness - 3.0 stars
Sonny Rollins - Live At Lauren - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Jazz Icons - Sonny Rollins - Live In '65 And '68 - 1.0 stars
Sonny Rollins Quintet - Live In Montreal 1982 - 1.0 stars
Sonny Rollins - Jazz Jamboree 1980 - 2.5 stars
Sonny Rollins - Live At Lauren - 3.0 stars
The Jazz Baroness - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Quincy Jones - 2 times - show films
Dizzy Gillespie - 2 times - show films
Hannah Rothschild - 1 times - show films
Louis Armstrong - 1 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 2 times - show films
Jean Bach - 1 times - show films
Ken Burns - 1 times - show films
Hannah Rothschild - 1 times - show films