Sonny's older brother thinks that Sonny is doing drugs but learns he is playing jazz.

Sonny's Blues was created in 1957.

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Sonny's Blues - album - was created in 1998.

Omniscient narration for the story "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin would detract from the narrators personal exploration, which is shown in the first person narration. The narrators journey and final realization about his brother Sonny would be lessened with omniscient narration.