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Sonny Stitt Plays Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Roost label.[2]
Reception The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[1]
Track listing All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
"There Will Never Be Another You " (Harry Warren , Mack Gordon ) - 4:33
"The Nearness of You " (Hoagy Carmichael , Ned Washington ) - 5:08
"Biscuit Mix (Carpsie's Groove)" - 3:14
"Yesterdays " (Jerome Kern , Otto Harbach ) - 4:56
"Afterwards" - 3:14
"If I Should Lose You " (Ralph Rainger , Leo Robin ) - 4:15
"Blues for Bobby" - 4:48
"My Melancholy Baby " (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton) 5:36
"The Nearness Of You" [alternate take] (Carmichael, Washington) - 5:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
"If I Should Lose You" [alternate take] (Rainger, Robin) - 4:29 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on December 15 (tracks 1-4 & 9) and December 16 (tracks 5-8 & 10), 1955
The Bonus tracks must be from the box set. They are not on the current Japanese Import CD Personnel References
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
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
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