Saxophone Supremacy
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Saxophone Supremacy is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.[1]
Reception
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| Down Beat |   [2] |
| Allmusic | [3] |
Ken Dryden for Allmusic stated, "Sonny Stitt had a difficult time coming out from under the shadow of Charlie Parker, even though Stitt's approach to playing the alto sax was only partially similar to the late giant".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
- "I Cover The Waterfront" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) - 3:14
- "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 7:41
- "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger) - 3:54
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:48
- "All Of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 3:02
- "Two Bad Days Blues" - 4:43
- "It's You Or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:31
- "Blue Smile" - 4:00
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (track 6 & 8) and December 23 (tracks 1-5 & 7), 1959
Personnel
References
- ^ Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012
- ^ Down Beat: March 2, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 5
- ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2012