12!

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12!
12! (album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedDecember 12, 1972
Genre Jazz
Length40:37
Label Muse
MR 5006
Producer Don Schlitten
Sonny Stitt chronology
So Doggone Good
(1972)
12!
(1973)
Mr. Bojangles
(1973)
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12! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1972 and released on the Muse label. [2]

Contents

Reception

AllMusic reviewed the album stating "this album is also one of the saxophonist's most rewarding recordings". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "12!" – 5:03
  2. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:17
  3. "I Never Knew" (Gus Kahn, Ted Fio Rito) – 6:42
  4. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) – 5:31
  5. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) – 4:57
  6. "Blues at the Tempo" – 6:55
  7. "Every Tub" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) – 7:12

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed January 14, 2013
  2. Fitzgerald, M & Ziegler, F. Muse Records Discography accessed January 14, 2013