Results for "Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson"

Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson

The Boss Men

By Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: All God

Brothers 4

By Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Brothers 4/ Creepin

Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson: Brothers 4

by David Rickert
November 1, 2001

How much organ jazz does one really need? This album certainly raises the question. Ultimately the organ is best suited for gospel and blues-tinged workouts as Jimmy Smith proved. Ventures into much varied material, such as bossa novas and ballads, can be sketchy. Larry Young was one of the few who successfully expanded the range the ...

Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson: Brothers 4

by Derek Taylor
October 1, 2001

As far as saxophone/organ combos go, few could rival the rampant prolificacy of Stitt/Patterson outfit of the 60s. Waxing no less than thirteen separate sessions, they also forwarded a standard of quality matched by only a handful (Turrentine/Smith and Davis/Scott are two of the small number of partnerships that stood on similar footing). Following closely on ...

Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson: The Boss Men

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2001

Fruitful partnerships in jazz are one the principal ways both the music and the musicians stay creatively vital. Having a close colleague to riff off of and goad on keeps even an art form based on improvisation from going stale. Stitt and Patterson shared just such a relationship. The saxophonist and the organist teamed up on ...