A Sonny Manhattan Morning

David is listening to Sonny Rollins while getting ready for work this morning, and although I appreciate Rollins, I’m not a huge fan. David explains that what he likes is the expression of joy inside the music, that Rollins doesn’t make him feel like he’s in a dark basement jazz club smoking too many cigarettes and drinking too much booze. He says that the music is not tied to angst or pain, that it’s not meant to crack you open; it’s meant to lift you up.

“Sonny Rollins is like Renoir as opposed to Van Gough,” David said, “It’s a celebration of music, of being alive and being able to play music.”