He came up under the wing of greats like Thelonious Monk, who became his musical mentor and guru. Living in Sugar Hill in Harlem, his neighborhood musical peers included Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew and Art Taylor, but it was young Sonny who was first out of the pack, working and recording with Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell and Miles Davis before he turned twenty. It's for this reason that I have a portrait of this legend in my bedroom. Know that this man still lives and mesmerizes crowds the world over with dizzying jazz improvisations and still composes.
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