Jazz at the Hi-Hat
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Jazz at the Hi-Hat is a live album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt and Eddie Davis recorded in Boston in 1954 and originally released on the Roost label as a four track 10 inch LP.[2] The original album has been expanded with additional material and released on CD in two volumes.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "this CD gives one a good all-around sampling of early Sonny Stitt".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
Volume 1:
- "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 3:08
- "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
- "Every Tub" (Basie, Eddie Durham)
- "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston)
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 5:00 additional track on CD release
- "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:43 additional track on CD release
- "Tri-Horn Blues" additional track on CD release
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:43 additional track on CD release
- "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 5:04 additional track on CD release
- "Wigwam" - 2:53 additional track on CD release
- "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) additional track on CD release
- "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) - 3:14 additional track on CD release
Volume 2:
- "S.O.S. (Columbus Avenue Rhythm)" - 8:06
- "Rockin' at the Hi-Hat" - 2:23
- "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) - 3:14
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:24
- "Lover" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:04
- "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) - 2:55
- "Mass Ave. Swing" - 2:29
- "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 2:10
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Durham) - 12:22
- "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) - 4:16
- "Baritone Blues" - 4:01
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:10
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 3:53
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 1:59
- "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 2:42
Personnel
- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Dean Earl - piano
- Bernie Griggs - bass
- Marquis Foster - drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 2, 2013
- ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 2, 2013