Backgrounder: Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt

On March 6 and 7 of 1961, arranger-conductor Ralph Burns assembled a top orchestra in New York, a rhythm section and saxophonist Sonny Stitt for an album that would be called The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt. I'm not sure what month in 1961 producer Creed Taylor arrived at Verve to become the label's recording chief, but this one may have already been in the can, since Creed's signature isn't on the back cover. Stitt plays alto and tenor saxophones, and the string arrangements are beautiful. Try a Little Tenderness, Back to My Home Town, All of You, Never Felt That Way Before, World Really Isn't, They Say It's Wonderful, Time After Time, I love You, Once in a While and Talk to Me.

Here's the entire album without interruption...