Dec 7, 2006 -- Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins has received a Grammy nomination for his new Doxy Records CD Sonny, Please in the “Best Jazz Instrumental Album" category. The nominations were announced this morning in Hollywood; the awards presentation will take place in Los Angeles on February 11.
Rollins was also honored in DownBeat magazine's 71st Annual Readers Poll. He was voted Jazz Artist of the Year as well as top Tenor Saxophonist, and his 2005 Milestone CD Without a Song (The 9/11 Concert) was named Best Jazz Album. (Without a Song earned Rollins a Grammy earlier this year in the “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" category, for the track “Why Was I Born?")
Sonny, Please was released in the summer by the saxophonist's own Doxy label, which takes its name from a famous Rollins composition first recorded by Miles Davis more than 50 years ago. Rollins has been selling the CD at his concerts and on his web site, www.sonnyrollins.com. In October he signed a licensing agreement with Universal Classics & Jazz International for worldwide distribution and marketing of the CD. (In a separate pact, JVC has licensed the CD for release in Japan.)
Universal released Sonny, Please digitally in the U.S. and Europe on November 21. The CD's in-store date is January 23, 2007.
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