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Sonny Stitt: "Live" At The Left Bank

by Jim Santella
February 1, 2001

The electric saxophone was a good idea that just didn’t work out. Sonny Stitt is able to play “alto,” “tenor” or a combination of the two synchronized in perfect harmony. The baritone sax effect is added to “The Shadow of Your Smile” and “Blues Up and Down.” His skills on the saxophone aren’t in the least ...

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Just The Way It Was - "Live" At The Left Bank

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Label M
Released: 2000
Track listing: Deuces Wild, Samba de Orpheus, Who Can I Turn To?, Cry Me A River, John Brown's Body, The Shadow Of Your Smile, Blues Up And Down

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Low Flame

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Low Flame/ Put Your Little Foot Right Out/ Cynthia Sue/ Donald Duck/ Close Your Eyes/ Silly Billy/ Baby, Do You Ever Think of Me/ Fine and Dandy/ My New Baby/ Misty/ Soul Food/ Shangri-La/ Mama Don

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Sonny Stitt: Just The Way It Was - "Live" At The Left Bank

Read "Just The Way It Was - "Live" At The Left Bank" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2000

Sonny Stitt is the other diamond in the deuce that Label M is releasing to introduce its brave new label. Another tenor sax powerhouse, Stan Getz, also is on the front line of releases. Each with his own distinctive sound, Stitt and Getz both knew how to command the attention of an audience in his own ...

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A Chat With Eric Alexander

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2000

One of the few “young lions" who is more influenced by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman than by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has come very far with his career in a short period of time. Following his first year of studying classical music at Indiana University as an alto player, Alexander ...

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Sonny Stitt: Low Flame

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2000

Despite its periodic popularity and its tenable ties to today’s acid jazz scene 60s soul jazz has a checkered history when it comes to critical acceptance. Denigrated as simplistic and repetitive the music was often judged on unequal footing with more ‘scholarly’ schools of jazz such as be-bop and cool. The Hammond B-3 players who were ...

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The Last Stitt Sessions Vol. 1 & 2

By Sonny Stitt

Label: SLG, LLC
Released: 1999
Track listing: Vol. 1; Steamroller; I'll Be Seeing You; Out Of Nowhere; Sweet Georgia Brown; Keepin' It; This Is Always; Makin' It; Angel Eyes; Vol. 2; At Last ; Bouncin' With Bud ; As Time Goes By ; Swifty ; Sugar ; Jumpin' The Blues ;

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Low Flame

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Prestige
Released: 1999
Track listing: Low Flame; Put Your Little Foot Right Out; Cyhthia Sue; Donald Duck; Close Your Eyes; Silly Billy; Baby, Do You Ever Think Of Me; Fine And Dandy; My New Baby; Misty; Soul Food; Shangri-La; Mama Don't Allow; The Eternal One;

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Waltz For Diane

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Midnite Jazz & Blues Collection
Released: 1999
Track listing: Waltz For Diane; Streamlined Stanley; Yes, Jesus Loves Me; Lester Leaps In; Just Friends; The Way You Look Tonight;

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