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{{Infobox album
| name       = Sonny II
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Noël Akchoté]]
| cover      = Sonny II.jpg
|border=yes
| released   = October 5, 2004
| recorded   = May 23–July 3, 2003
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Improvised music]], [[jazz]]
| length     = 54:42
| label      = [[Winter & Winter Records|Winter & Winter]]
| producer   = Noël Akchoté
| chronology = [[Noël Akchoté]]
| prev_title = Cabaret Modern
| prev_year  = 2004
| next_title = Der Kastanienball
| next_year  = 2005
}}
'''''Sonny II''''' is an album by guitarist [[Noël Akchoté]] featuring tracks composed, performed, or inspired by [[Sonny Sharrock]]. The album was recorded in 2003 and released by [[Winter & Winter Records|Winter & Winter]].<ref>[http://www.winterandwinter.com/index.php?id=12 Winter & Winter discography], accessed November 27, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.noelakchote.org/#!winterwinter-/c1i41 Noël Akchoté discography],  accessed December 17, 2014</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = [[All About Jazz]]
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=AAJ/>
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev3score  = {{Rating|3.5|4}} <ref name="Penguin">Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' (9th edition). Penguin. p. 14</ref>
}}
In his review for [[Allmusic]], Alex Henderson said "Akchoté's guitar playing is free-spirited but relatively accessible -- certainly by avant-garde jazz standards -- and he speaks a language that is primarily a jazz language but incorporates elements of blues, rock, folk and Latin music" and observed that the album "won't go down in history as a five-star masterpiece, but it's a thoughtful, enjoyably sincere way for Akchoté to acknowledge Sharrock's legacy".<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|first=Alex|last=Henderson|class=album|title=Noël Akchoté – ''Sonny II'' > Review|id=mw0000673468|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> [[All About Jazz]] said "''Sonny II'' is thoroughly flawed, to the extent it's disjointed and underdeveloped, and to some that might be reason enough for disqualification, but I don't think Noël Akchoté—or Sonny Sharrock—would have it any other way. To be sure, Akchoté doesn't pack the same raw, visceral punch that Sharrock did. But his roots are clear, his debts are paid, and this record is proof".<ref name=AAJ>[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/sonny-ii-winter-and-winter-review-by-aaj-staff.php All About Jazz Review], October 10, 2004</ref> [[JazzTimes]] reviewer, Aaron Steinberg, observed "The obtuse French-born guitarist doesn't attempt to replicate Sharrock's fearsome sound. This personal, almost diaristic recording instead considers Sharrock the composer refracted through the guitarist's imagination."<ref>Steinberg, Aaron, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150920092153/http://jazztimes.com/articles/15620-sonny-ii-noel-akchote ''Sonny II'' Review], JazzTimes, May 2005</ref>
==Track listing==
''All compositions by Sonny Sharrock except as indicated''
# "Blind Willie" - 1:40
# "Sonny" (Noël Akchoté) - 3:20
# "Melvins" ([[Daniel Humair]]) - 2:45
# "Gary's Step" - 4:32
# "Peanut" - 2:04
# "She's Only Fourteen" - 1:17
# "Number One Free" (Akchoté) - 1:43
# "Marpassa Dawn" - 1:12
# "[[There Is a Mountain]]" ([[Donovan|Donovan Leitch]]) - 2:53
# "Joe" (Akchoté) - 4:27
# "Dance With Me Montana" - 3:33
# "Soon" ([[Linda Sharrock]]) - 0:52
# "Dick Dogs" - 1:26
# "Portrait of Lynda in Three Colors, All Black" - 2:46
# "Black Woman" - 1:31
# "Terry" (Akchoté) - 3:47
# "Bialero" (Traditional) - 1:47
# "[[Young and Foolish]]" ([[Albert Hague]], [[Arnold Horwitt|Arnold B. Horwitt]]) - 4:40
# "Long Tale" (Akchoté) - 8:01
==Personnel==
*[[Noël Akchoté]] - [[guitar]]
==References==
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{{Sonny Sharrock|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Winter & Winter Records albums]]
[[Category:Noël Akchoté albums]]
[[Category:2004 albums]]