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Sonny Stitt: Rearin' Back/Tribute to Duke Ellington [6/25]

CD / American Jazz Classics / 2013-06-18

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues

1 CD / Analog Productions Originals / 2012-07-10

Tracks: Blue Devil Blues; Home Free Blues; Blue Prelude; Frankie and Johnny; Birth of the Blues; Blues Offering, A; Hymnal Blues; Morning After Blues
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone); Lou Levy (piano); Mel Lewis (drums).

Liner Note Author: Leonard Feather.

Photographer: Phil Stern.

Sonny Stitt led a number of excellent r...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Only the Blues

CD / Essential Jazz Classics / 2012-06-12

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Stan Levey (drums).

Recorded in October 1957.

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Sonny Stitt: Now!/Salt & Pepper

1 CD / Universal Distribution / 2012-01-24

Tracks: Surfin'; Lester Leaps In; Estralita; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone; Touchy; Never-Sh!; My Mother's Eyes; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You; Salt and Pepper; S'posin'; Theme From Lord of the...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Liner Note Authors: Les Davis; Stanley Dance.

Recording information: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (06/10/1963-09/05/1963).

Photographers: Ted Russell; Jack Bradley.

This remastered two-fe...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Eight Classic Albums [Box]

CD / Real Gone Jazz / 2011-11-15

Tracks: S' Wonderful; Down With It; Jeepers Creepers; For The Fat Man; Splinter; Confessin'; Sonny Sounds; Stitts It; Norman's Blues; I Know That You Know; If I Had You; Alone Together; Twelfth Street Rag; D...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Recording information: New York, NY (02/17/1950-02/25/1952)....continue...

Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance

CD / Poll Winners Records / 2011-09-13

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Historically branded as a disciple of Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt had a difficult time establishing his own name on his own terms. Though the similarities with Parker are undeniable--Stitt plays alto ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Four Classic Albums: Sax Supremacy/Personal Appearance/Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio/Battle of Birdland

CD / Avid Jazz / 2011-07-26

Tracks: I Cover the Waterfront; Lazy Bones; Sunday; Just Friends; All of Me; Two Bad Days Blues; It's You or No One; Blue Smile; Easy to Love; Easy Living; Autumn in New York; You'd Be So Nice to Come Home T...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Audio Remasterer: Dave Bennett .

Liner Note Authors: Shirley Hoskins Collins; Benny Green .

Recording information: Birdland, New York, NY (05/12/1957); Los Angeles, CA (05/12/1957); New ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues [Box]

CD / Fresh Sound (Spain) / 2010-09-07

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

CD / Ais / 2010-02-23

Tracks: New York Blues; Giuff; Laura; Sonny Boy; Singin' in the Rain; Downtown; I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart; Two For Timbucktu; Uptown; Down Country
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Liner Note Author: Jimmy Giuffre.

Recording information: Radio Recorders, Hollywood (02/16/1959)....continue...

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

1 CD / American Jazz Classics / 2009-12-22

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1959 album including bonus tracks. This rare and splendid album received a four-star rating from Down Beat magazine...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Only the Blues

CD / Fresh Sound (Spain) / 2009-11-17

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Stan Levey (drums).

Recorded in October 1957.

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Sonny Stitt: Burnin'

1 CD / Fresh Sound (Spain) / 2009-06-23

Tracks: Cool Blues; Jack Spratt; This Is Always; Mister Son; Propapagoon; Dancing on the Ceiling; Everyone Does; Just You, Just Me; Ko-Ko - (featuring William Austin); Minor Sax, A - (featuring Frank Gant/Wi...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Frank Gant (drums).

Recording information: 1958.

Sonny Stitt's two recordings for the Argo subsidiary of C...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Last Stitt Sessions, Vols. 1 & 2

1 CD / Ais / 2009-06-16

Tracks: This Is Always; I'll Be Seeing You; Keepin' It; Makin' It; Out of Nowhere; Angel Eyes; Sweet Georgia Brown; Steamroller; At Last; Bouncin' With Bud; As Time Goes By; Swifty; Sugar; Jumpin' the Blues;...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Reissue of these sessions from the Jazz great, taped just a month before his untimely death. Recorded at JAC Recording Studio and Nola Recording Studio,...continue...
2 LPs on 1 CD.

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Bill Hardman (trumpet); Junior Mance, Walter Davis (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Recorded at JAC R...continue...

Sonny Stitt/Zoot Sims: Complete Live Recordings

CD / Lone Hill Jazz (Spain) / 2008-08-19

Tracks: My Blue Heaven; Saber, The; Katea; Fools Rush In; Look Down That Lonesome Road; I Want to Go Home; Hello Dolly [From Hello Dolly]; Better All the Time [From Something More]; You'd Better Love Me [Fro...
Artists: Sonny Stitt/Zoot Sims

2008 release containing the complete recordings of saxophone greats Zoot Sims and Sonny Stitt, including the 1965 albums Inter-Action and Broadway Soul in their entirety...continue...
Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone).

Liner Note Authors: Joe Segal; Edward Tevai.

Recording information: Chicago, IL (01/25/1965); New Y...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Just the Way It Was: Live at the Left Bank

1 CD / Hyena Records / 2008-07-19

Tracks: Deuces Wild; Samba de Orpheus; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me); Cry Me a River; John Brown's Body; Shadow of Your Smile, The; Blues Up and Down
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel includes: Sonny Stitt (saxophone); Don Patterson (Hammond B-3 organ); Billy James (drums).

Recorded live at the Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, Maryland on March 21, 1971. Includes liner ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Sounds

1 CD / Membran / 2008-01-01

Tracks: Elora; Afternoon in Paris; Teapot; Blue Mode; All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; Sonny Side; Bud's Blues; Sunset; Fine and Dandy; I Want to Be Happy; Taking a Chance of Love; Ain't Misbehavin'; Later; Aft...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Larry Townsend (vocals); Gene Ammons (baritone saxophone); John Paul Hunt, Joe Newman Quartet (trumpet); J.J. Johnson , Ma...continue...

Sonny Stitt: My Mother's Eyes

CD / Groove Hut Records / 2007-05-01

Tracks: Summer Special; My Mother's Eyes; Still in Time; Blue Skies; S.O.P. Blues; Don't Go to Strangers; Red Top
Artists: Sonny Stitt

2007 reissue of this album, one of Stitt's only all-tenor albums, appearing here for the first time on CD. Also includes four Stitt trio selections...continue...
Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone).

Recording information: 05/1963.

This obscure LP finds Sonny Stitt sticking to tenor and playing a typical set filled with blues,...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Just Friends

CD / Prestige Elite (Label) / 2007-03-20

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt/Zimbo Trio: In Brasil

1 CD / Fresh Sound (Spain) / 2007-02-27

Tracks: Hope's Blues; Corcovado (Quiet Night); There You'll Never Be Another You; Little Suede Shoes; Autun Leaves; Samba Do Orfeu; Blues for Gaby; Assim Está Certo
Artists: Sonny Stitt/Zimbo Trio

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Amilton Godoy (piano); Rubens Barsotti (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Hector Costita; Alberico Cilento; Roberto Sio.

Recording inf...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Stitt Plays Bird

1 CD / Warner Bros. / 2006-11-28

Tracks: Ornithology; Scrapple From the Apple; My Little Suede Shoes; Parker's Mood; Au Privave; Ko-Ko; Confirmation; Hootie Blues; Constellation; Now's the Time (Bonus Track); Yardbird Suite (Bonus Track)
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes house in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006....continue...
Sonny Stitt forged his own approach to playing bebop out of the sound and style of Charlie Parker, so this tribute album was a very logical project. With fine support from guitarist Jim Hall, pianist ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Stitt's Bits: Bebop Recordings 1949-1952 [Box Set] [Box]

3 CD / Prestige Records / 2006-07-25

Tracks: Afternoon in Paris - (Take 1); Afternoon in Paris - (Take 2); Elora - (Take 1); Elora - (Take 2); Teapot - (Take 1); Teapot - (Take 2); Blue Mode - (Take 1); Blue Mode - (Take 2); All God's Chillun G...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

"There are two stories detractors tell about saxophonist Sonny Stitt (1924-82). Actually, his detractors tell many stories, but these two are chiefly musical. The first...continue...
Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Teddy Williams, Larry Townsend (vocals); Joe Newman Quartet , Bill Massey (trumpet); Eli Dabney (trombone); John Richard L...continue...

Sonny Stitt: One O'Clock Jump

CD / MSI Music Distribution / 2006-05-03

Tracks: Be Bop in Pastel (Bouncing With Bud); Fools Fancy (Wail); Bombay; Ray's Idea; Serenade to a Square; Good Kick; Seven-Up; Blues in Be-Bop; Stardust; Red Shoes; Body and Soul; Ratio and Proportion; Roy...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt: Sonnyside [PA]

1 CD / Back Up / 2006-04-04

Tracks: Sonnyside; Sunset; Taking a Chance on Love; Later; Mean to Me; Ain't Misbehavin'; Stairway to the Stars; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Blazin'; There'll Never Be Another You; After You've Gone; 'S Won...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland.

Recording information: New York, NY (01/31/1951); New York, NY (02/01/1951); New York, NY (02/17/1950); New York, NY (06/28/1950); New York, NY (10/08/1950)...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Complete 1949-1950 Prestige Masters

CD / Jazz Factory / 2005-06-28

Tracks: All God's Chillum Got Rhythm; Sonny Side; Bud's Blues; Sunset; Strike Up the Band; I Want to Be Happy; Taking a Chance on Love; Fine and Dandy; Avalon; Later; Ain't Misbehavin'; Mean to Me; Stairway ...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Duke Jordan, Junior Mance, Bud Powell (piano); Wesley Landers, Max Roach, Art Blakey (drums).

Liner Note Author: Antonio González ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Work Done

1 CD / High Note / 2005-04-26

Tracks: Barken the Blues; Indiana; Shadow of Your Smile, The; Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be); Constellation; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Stardust; On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever); Loose Walk; Sonn...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

"Few musicians have sustained as many physical and mental shocks throughout the course of a nomadic, non-stop and frequently solitary career as Sonny Stitt. More...continue...
Personnel: Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone); Sonny Stitt; Ray Drummond (double bass); "Smiley" Winters, Smiley Winters (drums); Ed Kelly (piano).

Liner Note Author: Bob Porter.

Editor: Jon ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: It's Magic

1 CD / Delmark / 2005-03-22

Tracks: Four; On Green Dolphin Street; Parker's Mood; How High the Moon; Shake Your Head; It's Magic; Getting Sentimental Over You; Just Friends; Body and Soul; They Can't Take That Away From Me
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Sonny Stitt; Don Patterson (Hammond b-3 organ); Billy James , Bill Pierce (drums).

Recording information: P.S. Studio (1969).

Ph...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance

1 CD / Universal Distribution / 2005-02-28

Artists: Sonny Stitt

Historically branded as a disciple of Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt had a difficult time establishing his own name on his own terms. Though the similarities with Parker are undeniable--Stitt plays alto ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass

1 CD / Collectables / 2005-01-25

Tracks: Souls Valley; Coquette; On a Misty Night; Stittsie; Poinciana; Boom-Boom; Sea Sea Rider; Four Ninety, The; Hey Pam
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Sonny Stitt; Perri Lee, Perri Jones (organ); Joe Benjamin (bass instrument); Reunald Jones, Blue Mitchell, Dick Vance (trumpet); Willie Ruff (...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Last Stitt Sessions, Vols. 1 & 2

1 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2003-07-01

Tracks: Steamroller; I'll Be Seeing You; Out of Nowhere; Sweet Georgia Brown; Keepin' It; This Is Always; Makin' It; Angel Eyes; At Last; Bouncin' With Bud; As Time Goes By; Swifty; Sugar; Jumpin' the Blues
Artists: Sonny Stitt

2 LPs on 1 CD.

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Bill Hardman (trumpet); Junior Mance, Walter Davis (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Recorded at JAC R...continue...

Sonny Stitt: New York Jazz

1 CD / Verve / 2003-06-10

Tracks: Norman's Blues; I Know That You Know; If I Had You; Alone Together; Twelfth Street Rag; Down Home Blues (Funky Blues); Sonny's Tune; Stars Fell on Alabama; Body & Soul; Between the Devil and the Deep...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt Quartet: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Jimmy Jones (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Jo Jones (drums).

Recorded at Fine Sound, New York, New York on September 14, 1956. Originally...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Last Stitt Sessions, Vol. 1 [Remaster]

1 CD / Pony Canyon Records / 2002-11-25

Tracks: Japanese Title; Japanese Title; Japanese Title; Japanese Title; Japanese Title; Japanese Title; Japanese Title; Japanese Title
Artists: Sonny Stitt

24bit digitally remastered....continue...
A Japanese remastered issuing of LAST STITT SESSIONS VOLUME 1 by reggae musician Sonny Stitt . Released by Pony Canyon Records....continue...

Sonny Stitt: Battle of the Saxes

1 CD / Aim Records (Australia) / 2001-10-01

Tracks: Laura; Seranada Espana; I Hear a Rhapsody; Lovers Concerto; Cherokee; Sonny's Blues; Night Has a Thousand Eyes, The
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Australian Exclusve Release....continue...
Personnel: Richie Cole (alto saxophone); Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone); Jack Wilson (piano); Red Gaston (bass); Allan Turnbull (drums).

Recorded in 1981. Includes liner notes by Peter Noble
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Sonny Stitt: Deuces Wild

1 CD / Collectables / 2001-07-31

Tracks: Deuces Wild; My Foolish Heart; Blues Ahead; Sittin' in With Stitt; In the Bag; Me 'N' You; Pipin' the Blues
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Robin Kenyatta (soprano & alto saxophones); Ruf Harley (tenor saxophone, bagpipes); Wilmer Mosby (organ); Billy James (drums).

Originally relea...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Back Home in My Own Home Town

CD / Black & Blue (UK) / 2000-05-09

Tracks: (I'm Afraid The) Masquerade Is Over; Duty Free; I Can't Get Started; Back to My Home Town; My Little Suede Shoes; There Will Never Be Another You; Simone's Blues; Streamline Stanley
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gerald H. Price (piano); Bobby Durham (drums).

Liner Note Author: Pierre LaFargue.

Recording information: Decca Studio, ...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Low Flame

1 CD / Prestige Records / 1999-12-14

Tracks: Low Flame; Put Your Little Foot Right Out; Cynthia Sue; Donald Duck; Close Your Eyes; Silly Billy; Baby, Do You Ever Think of Me; Fine and Dandy; My New Baby; Misty; Soul Food; Shangri-La; Mama Don't...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

LOW FLAME contains LOW FLAME (1962) and SHANGRI-LA (1964).

Personnel includes: Sonny Stitt (vocals, alto & tenor saxophones); Don Patterson (organ).

Producers include: Orrin Keepnews....continue...

Sonny Stitt: Made for Each Other

1 CD / Delmark / 1997-06-10

Tracks: Samba de Orpheus; Funny; Glory of Love; Very Thought of You, The; Blues for J.J.; Funny; Night Has a Thousand Eyes, The; Honey; Night Has a Thousand Eyes, The - (previously unreleased)
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Don Patterson (organ); Billie James (drums).

Recorded at P.S. Studios, Chicago, Illinois on July 13, 1968. Includes liner notes by Joe Segal....continue...

Sonny Stitt: Legends of Acid Jazz

1 CD / Prestige Records / 1996-07-30

Tracks: Turn It On; Bar-B-Que Man; Miss Riverside; Cry Me a River; There Are Such Things; Goin' to D.C.; Aires; Black Vibrations; Calling Card; Where Is Love?; Them Funky Changes
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel includes: Sonny Stitt (saxophone); Virgil Jones, Leon Spencer, Don Patterson, Melvin Sparks, Idris Muhammad.

Recorded in January and July 1971.

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto sax...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Soul People

1 CD / Prestige Records / 1993-04-16

Tracks: Soul People; Sonny's Book; C Jam Blues; Medley: I Can't Get Started/The Masquerade Is Over: I Can't Get Started / The Masquerade Is Over; Flying Home; Tune-Up; There Will Never Be Another You - (prev...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

/Booker Ervin/Don Patterson.

SOUL PEOPLE contains selections from the 1965 album of the same name, as well as two tracks from the TUNE UP! LP (Prestige 7852) and one previously unreleased track...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Stitt Meets Brother Jack

1 CD / Original Jazz Classics / 1992-03-23

Tracks: All of Me; Pam Ain't Blue; Time After Time; Ringin' In; Nother Fu'ther; When Sonny Gets Blue; Thirty-Three, Ninety-Six
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (saxophone); Jack McDuff (organ); Arthur Taylor (drums); Ray Barretto (congas); Eddie Diehl.

Sonny Stitt (who sticks on this CD reissue to tenor) meets up with organist B...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Kaleidoscope

1 CD / Original Jazz Classics / 1992-02-04

Tracks: Stitt's It; Cool Mambo; Blue Mambo; Sonny Sounds; Ain't Misbehavin'; Later; P. S. I Love You; This Can't Be Love; Imagination; Cherokee; Can't We Be Friends; Liza (All the Clouds'll Rollaway); To Thi...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Joe Newman (trumpet); Kenny Drew, Junior Mance (piano); John Hunt, Billy Massey, Charlie Bateman, John Houston.

Originally released on Prestige...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Soul Classics

1 CD / Original Jazz Classics / 1988-06-01

Tracks: Soul Shack; When Sunny Gets Blue; Night Crawler; Goin' Down Slow; Night Letter; When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Walk on By; Lover Man; Goin' to D.C. - (bonus track)
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor & Varitone saxophones); Virgil Jones (trumpet); Hank Jones (piano); Jack McDuff, Don Patterson, Gene Ludwig, Leon Spencer (organ); Eddie Diehl, Pat Martino, Grant G...continue...