Better Do It Now before You Die Later

Name: Better Do It Now before You Die Later
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Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin

By: Simmons, Sonny

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Paperback | 13 January 2026

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588 Pages

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24.2 x 16.6 x 4.8

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Sonny Simmons (1933-2021) was part of the New York jazz scene of the 1960s but was nearly forgotten by the 1980s, which found him broke, heavily dependent on drugs and alcohol, and separated from his wife and kids. Here, in the first ever book dedicated to his life, Simmons recounts his childhood in the backwoods of Louisiana, his adolescence in the burgeoning Bay Area jazz scene and his star-studded life in New York playing alongside the greats.The resurrection of Simmons' career-upon the release of his critically acclaimed Ancient Ritual (Qwest Records) in 1994-has become a modern legend of the genre. In the last two decades of his musical career, Simmons broke through to a new echelon of recognition, joining the pantheon of great innovators and masters of the music. But to this day he remains an undersung figure.

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