Music Review

Sonny, Please (2007)

EW's GRADE
A

Details Release Date: Jan 23, 2007; Lead Performance: Sonny Rollins; Genre: Jazz

On his first studio album in five years, Sonny, Please, jazz's greatest living improviser is as restlessly creative as ever, mixing standards and originals. At 76, Sonny Rollins remains the ''Saxophone Colossus,'' projecting vitality and wisdom, especially on Noël Coward's ''Someday I'll Find You.'' And his tenor-sax sound — bright, deep, and beautifully brittle — hasn't been captured this clearly since his 1960s Impulse! sessions.

Originally posted Jan 19, 2007 Published in issue #917 Jan 26, 2007 Order article reprints

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