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Sonny Stitt: Quadromania/One O'Clock Jump

by Samuel Chell
July 1, 2007

Sonny Stitt Quadromania: One O'Clock Jump Membran Records 2006 Regarded by many musicians as the prototypal, or “most perfect," saxophonist, Sonny Stitt recorded some 150 sessions under his own name. These four discs in German company Membran's Quadromania series will, with the possible exception of some recorded tenor battles 1950-52 ...

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Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: [Disc 1] Afternoon in Paris [take 1]; Afternoon in Paris [take 2]; Elora [take 1]; Elora [take 2]; Teapot [take 1]; Teapot [take 2]; Blue Mode [take 1]; Blue Mode [take 2]; All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; Sonny Side; Bud's Blues; Sunset; Strike Up the Band; Strike Up the Band [Alternate Take]; I Want to Be Happy; Taking a Chance on Love; Fine and Dandy [Take 1]; Fine and Dandy [Take 2]; Avalon; Later; Ain't Misbehavin'; Mean to Me; Stairway to the Stars; Bye Bye; Let It Be; [Disc 2] Blues Up and Down [Take 1]; Blues Up and Down [Take 2]; Blues Up and Down [Take 3]; You Can Depend on Me [Take 1]; You Can Depend on Me [Take 2]; Touch of the Blues; Dumb Woman Blues; Chabootie; Who Threw the Sleeping Pills in Rip Van Winkle's Coffee?; Gravy (Aka Walkin'); Easy Glide; Count Every Star; Nice Work If You Can Get It; There Will Never Be Another You; Blazin';Back in Your Own Back Yard; Sweet Jennie Lou; Vie en Rose; Seven Eleven; Think You've Chosen Me; After You've Gone; Our Very Own; 'S Wonderful; Stringin' the Jug; Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You); [Disc 3] Jeepers Creepers; Imagination; Cherokee; 'Round About One A.M.; Jug; Wow; Blue and Sentimental; Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away); Can't We Be Friends; New Blues Up and Down; Thrill of Your Kiss; If the Moon Turns Green; P.S. I Love You; This Can't Be Love; Down with It; For the Fat Man; Splinter; Confession'; Undecided; (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along; Because of Rain; Charmine; Cool Mambo; Sonny Sounds; Blue Mambo; Stitt's It.

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It's Magic

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Four; On Green Dolphin Street; Parker's Mood; How High the Moon; Shake Your Head; It's Magic; Getting Sentimental Over You; Just Friends; Body and Soul; They Can't Take That Away From Me.

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Work Done

By Sonny Stitt

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Barkan The Blues; Indiana; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be); Constellation; You Are The Sunshine Of My Life; Stardust; On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever); Loose Walk; Sonny Introduces The Band.

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New York Jazz

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: Norman's Blues; I Know That You Know; If I Had You; Alone Together; Twelfth Street Rag; Down Home Blues; Sonny's Tune; Stars Fell On Alabama; Body And Soul; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea.

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Groovin' With Diz & Co.

By Dizzy Gillespie

Label: in-akustik
Released: 2006
Track listing: Shaw Nuff ; Hot House ; Mean To Me ; Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be) ; East Of The Sun ; One Bass Hit No. 1 ; That's Earl Brother ; Opp Bop Sh'bam ; A Hand Fulla Gimme ; My Melancholy Baby ; Cherokee ; On The Alamo ; All The Things You Are ; Dizzy Atmosphere ; Blue 'N' Boogie ;

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Stitt’s Bits: The Bebop Recordings (1949-1952)

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: Afternoon In Paris [take 1]; Afternoon In Paris [take 2]; Elora [take 1]; Elora [take 2]; Teapot [take 1]; Teapot [take 2]; Blue Mode [take 1]; Blue Mode [take 2]; All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; Sonny Side; Bud's Blues; Sunset; Strike Up The Band; Strike Up The Band [Alternate Take]; I Want To Be Happy; Taking A Chance On Love; Fine And Dandy [Take 1]; Fine And Dandy [Take 2]; Avalon; Later; Ain't Misbehavin'; Mean To Me; Stairway To The Stars; Bye Bye; Let It Be. CD2: Blues Up And Down [Take 1]; Blues Up And Down [Take 2]; Blues Up And Down [Take 3]; You Can Depend On Me [Take 1]; You Can Depend On Me [Take 2]; Touch Of The Blues; Dumb Woman Blues; Chabootie; Who Threw The Sleeping Pills In Rip Van Winkle's Coffee?; Gravy (Aka Walkin'); Easy Glide; Count Every Star; Nice Work If You Can Get It; There Will Never Be Another You; Blazin'; Back In Your Own Back Yard; Sweet Jennie Lou; Vie En Rose; Seven Eleven; Think You've Chosen Me; After You've Gone; Our Very Own; 'S Wonderful; Stringin' The Jug; Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You). CD3: Jeepers Creepers; Imagination; Cherokee; 'Round About One A.M.; Jug; Wow; Blue And Sentimental; Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away); Can't We Be Friends; New Blues Up And Down; Thrill Of Your Kiss; If The Moon Turns Green; P.S. I Love You; This Can't Be Love; Down With It; For The Fat Man; Splinter; Confession'; Undecided; (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along; Because Of Rain; Charmine; Cool Mambo; Sonny Sounds; Blue Mambo; Stitt's It.

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Sonny Stitt: Stitt

by George Kanzler
December 22, 2006

Are ideas floating out there to be had by anyone? Or do they emanate exclusively from specific individuals? And how do they apply to the creation and development of bebop? Sonny Stitt is at the heart of this conundrum. As an alto saxophonist, he always fell under the shadow of Charlie Parker and was often accused ...

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Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952

by Jim Santella
September 20, 2006

Sonny Stitt Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 Prestige 2006 Presented in chronological order, saxophonist Sonny Stitt's Prestige recordings, packaged here as a three-CD box set, reveal the pure tenor tone and fluid technique that Stitt always brought to a session. Most of the selections are from 1950, ...

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Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
September 15, 2006

Sonny StittStitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952Prestige2006 There are two stories detractors tell about saxophonist Sonny Stitt (1924-82). Actually, his detractors tell many stories, but these two are chiefly musical. The first says that Stitt's musical inventiveness amounted to no more than being a reasonably good Charlie ...