Today is Sonny Rollins's 90th birthday. I never talk to Sonny on his birthday. I know how he feels about this day. It brings too much attention to him, and Sonny is happiest off the grid. But that doesn't mean I can't write about him.
My bond with Sonny goes back to to an afternoon we spent in the summer of 2010 just before his 80th birthday. I had just …
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