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Now in his mid-70s, Sonny Rollins plays with undiminished passion on this, his first new studio recordings in five years. Sonny, Please also marks a turning point in Rollins's life: his wife died in 2004, and he soon thereafter departed Milestone Records to set up his own Doxy imprint, ending one of the longest artist-label relationships in jazz. Playing selections that date back to his youth (such as Noël Coward's "Someday I'll Find You," on which he rolls out melodic lines as if from a beautiful and endless spool) as well as his own originals, the set flows with the compelling vigor of a giant who carries
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Now in his mid-70s, Sonny Rollins plays with undiminished passion on this, his first new studio recordings in five years. Sonny, Please also marks a turning point in Rollins's life: his wife died in 2004, and he soon thereafter departed Milestone Records to set up his own Doxy imprint, ending one of the longest artist-label relationships in jazz. Playing selections that date back to his youth (such as Noël Coward's "Someday I'll Find You," on which he rolls out melodic lines as if from a beautiful and endless spool) as well as his own originals, the set flows with the compelling vigor of a giant who carries himself with the utmost humility. A powerful soloist, Rollins has seen the years bring even more depth to his musical explorations. As part of a supple sextet, his lines dance around the trombone of Clifton Anderson (who also produced the set) with grace and invention. --David Greenberger
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Manufacturer: Emarcy / Umgd
Release date: 23 January 2007
EAN: 0602517086203 UPC: 602517086203
Tags: Sonny Rollins (2), Jazz (1), Usa (1), T (1), John Coltrane (1), American (1), 2006 (1), Miles Davis (1), Hard Bop (1), Horace Silver (1), Paul Chambers (1), Wynton Kelly (1), Doug Watkins (1), Art Taylor (1), Henry Grimes (1), United States (1), Herbie Hancock (1), David Lee (1), The Rolling Stones (1), Donald Byrd (1)
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