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1955 live album by Sonny Stitt and Eddie Davis
The Battle of Birdland Tenor Battle at Birdland Jaws N' Stitt at Birdland live album by saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Eddie Davis recorded at Birdland in New York City in 1954 and originally released on the Roost label.[ 1]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 2]
Scott Yanow , in his review for Allmusic , calls the album "a spirited and typically competitive jam session".[ 2] All About Jazz review stated "both tenormen were in the prime of their great careers at this stage and the music is wonderful... this recording is a particularily [sic [ 3]
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
"Jaws" (Eddie Davis) – 9:55
"I Can't Get Started " (Ira Gershwin , Vernon Duke ) – 7:21
"Marchin'" – 8:45
"S.O.S." – 7:50
"Whoops!" 8:17 additional track on CD release
"All the Things You Are " (Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern ) – 8:23 additional track on CD release
"Rollercoaster" – 9:06 additional track on CD release
"Don't Blame Me " (Dorothy Fields , Jimmy McHugh ) – 7:51 additional track on CD release
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson Stitt's Bits Kaleidoscope Jazz at the Hi-Hat The Battle of Birdland Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1954)Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones Sonny Stitt Plays New York Jazz For Musicians Only Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz , 1956)37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt Only the Blues Personal Appearance Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers Burnin' Sonny Stitt The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt A Little Bit of Stitt Saxophone Supremacy Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio Sonny Side Up Sonny Rollins , Verve , 1959)Sonny Stitt Swings the Most The Hard Swing The Sonny Side of Stitt Previously Unreleased Recordings Sonny Side Up Roost , 1960)Stittsville Stitt in Orbit Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt Feelin's Low Flame Rearin' Back Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass Stitt Meets Brother Jack "Brother" Jack McDuff , 1962)Move on Over My Mother's Eyes Now! Primitivo Soul! Salt and Pepper Paul Gonsalves , 1963)Soul Shack Stitt Goes Latin Stitt Plays Bird My Main Man Bennie Green , 1964)Shangri-La Don Patterson , 1964)Sax Expressions Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's Dick Morrissey , 1965)Soul People Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69)Broadway Soul Inter-Action Zoot Sims , 1965)Night Crawler Pow! The Matadors Meet the Bull Deuces Wild I Keep Comin' Back! Soul in the Night Bunky Green , 1966)What's New!!! Parallel-a-Stitt Little Green Apples Soul Electricity! Come Hither Night Letter Black Vibrations Turn It On! 12! Constellation Goin' Down Slow Tune-Up! Mr. Bojangles The Champ Satan Blues for Duke Dumpy Mama Mellow My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons Forecast: Sonny & Red Red Holloway , 1976)I Remember Bird Stomp Off Let's Go Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington In Style The Last Sessions AndGene WithDizzy WithDon With
