Sonny Rollins Releases New Disc On His Own Label

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Sonny Rollins’ new disc, Sonny, Please , is being released on his own Doxy label. The CD—his first studio recording in five years—will be distributed and marketed worldwide through a licensing agreement with Universal Classics & Jazz International.

“The business seemed to be going in the direction of artist-owned labels, so I made the leap,” Rollins said.

Sonny, Please was recorded shortly after the saxophonist’s sextet returned from a November 2005 Japanese tour.

“Anytime you do a string of performances, it tightens up the ensemble,” Rollins said. “And the band was playing very high powered. Toward the end of the tour, the group really began to come together and I began to be able to play much more fluently.”

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