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Sonny Stitt: New York Jazz

Read "New York Jazz" reviewed by Samuel Chell

by Samuel Chell
May 29, 2006

"Genius" is a misunderstood, overused term. In music there have been only a few geniuses--visionaries who have tapped into the original, vital stream that we might consider musical consciousness and changed it--Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Armstrong, Parker, Coltrane. Sonny Stitt was not one of the geniuses, nor one of the innovators. Rather, he took the complex language ...

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Sonny Stitt: Work Done

Read "Work Done" reviewed by Samuel Chell

by Samuel Chell
April 6, 2006

Few musicians have sustained as many physical and mental shocks throughout the course of a nomadic, non-stop and frequently solitary career as Sonny Stitt. More often than not, the peripatetic saxophonist would arrive in town, call up the best local rhythm section and try to keep his spirits up for a five-night stand, finding time during ...

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Sonny Stitt: It's Magic

Read "It's Magic" reviewed by Samuel Chell

by Samuel Chell
March 14, 2006

This 2005 release of a shelved 1969 recording should hold the greatest interest for Sonny Stitt completists. The saxophonist is estimated to have led 150 recording sessions, of which I've now managed to collect 70--but given the current scarcity of some of his best recordings, including the out-of-print date with Oscar Peterson on Verve and the ...

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It's Magic

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Four 2. On Green Dolphin Street 3. Parker's Mood 4. How High the Moon 5. Shake Your Head 6. It's Magic 7. Getting Sentimental Over You 8. Just Friends 9. Body and Soul 10. They Can't Take That Away From Me

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Work Done

By Sonny Stitt

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Barkan the Blues; Indiana; Shadow of Your Smile; Lover Man; Constellation; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Stardust; On a Clear Day; Loose Walk.

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Rearin' Back

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Milestone Records
Released: 2005

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Sonny Stitt: Work Done

Read "Work Done" reviewed by George Harris

by George Harris
September 9, 2005

Sonny Stitt is sure playing like he means it on Work Done. Recorded live at the Keystone Korner in 1976, Stitt is in excellent form as he swings the living daylights out of a searing collection of standards, blues, and contemporary songs. On tenor, he is absolutely presidential, wailing through “Indiana" and “Loose Walk" (also known ...

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Sonny Stitt: It's Magic

Read "It's Magic" reviewed by Paul Olson

by Paul Olson
May 4, 2005

It isn't, though. Magic, that is. While jazz fans may perennially debate saxophonist Sonny Stitt's status as a bebop innovator (ie, how much of its vocabulary did he learn from Charlie Parker, and how much did he develop independently), no one is in disagreement about his being one of the most over-recorded of jazz players. Stitt ...

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Jazz Time: Olympia

By Miles Davis

Label: LaserLight
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. "Walkin'" 2. "Autumn Leaves" 3. "Four" 4. Unidentified Blues 5. "Round About Midnight" 6. "No Blues" 7. "Theme" 8. "Walkin'" 9. "If I Were A Bell" 10. "Fran Dance" 11. "Two Bass Hit" 12. "All Of You" 13." So What" 14. "Theme"

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