Goin' Down Slow (album)

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Goin' Down Slow
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Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1972
Recorded February 15, 1972
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length31:43
Label Prestige
PR-10074
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Sonny Stitt chronology
Tune-Up!
(1972)		Goin' Down Slow
(1972)		 Constellation
(1972)
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Goin' Down Slow is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label. [2]

Sonny Stitt American jazz saxophonist

Edward Hammond Boatner Jr., known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording more than 100 albums. He was nicknamed the "Lone Wolf" by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern because of his relentless touring and devotion to jazz. Stitt was sometimes viewed as a Charlie Parker mimic, especially earlier in his career, but gradually came to develop his own sound and style, particularly when performing on tenor sax.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

Contents

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated "Sonny Stitt was in one of his prime periods during the early '70s and this LP finds him in particularly creative form". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Miss Ann, Lisa, Sue and Sadie" (Sonny Stitt) - 14:10
  2. "Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart) - 4:23
  3. "Livin' Without You" (Randy Newman) - 7:30
  4. "Goin' Down Slow" (James Oden) - 3:54
  5. "Moving Beauty" (Traditional) - 3:48

Personnel

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Thad Jones American jazz trumpeter

Thaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists."

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed January 14, 2013
  2. ↑ Prestige Records Discography accessed January 14, 2013
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