Move on Over

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Move on Over
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Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1963
Recorded June 7, 1963
Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Jazz
Label Argo
LP 730
Sonny Stitt chronology
My Mother's Eyes
(1963)		Move on Over
(1963)		 Now!
(1963)
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Move on Over is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1963 and released on the Argo 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.

Argo Records was a record label in Chicago that was established in 1955 as a division of Chess Records.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3½ stars calling the album "a gritty, kinetic session fueled by the lively give and take of its principles... All four participants seem to operate on pure instinct, translating the energy of the live setting into the sterile confines of the recording studio, and the music is all the better for it". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:18
  2. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:26
  3. "Dexter's Deck" (Dexter Gordon) - 4:10
  4. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 3:56
  5. "Shut the Back Door" - 5:54
  6. "A Natural Fox" - 5:24
  7. "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 3:52
  8. "Move on Over" - 3:16

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".

Joseph Louis Diorio is an American jazz guitarist. He has performed with Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan, Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Horace Silver, Anita O'Day, and Freddie Hubbard. In recent years he also recorded albums with modern performers including Robben Ford, Gary Willis, David Becker and Mick Goodrick.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ankeney, J. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013
  2. ↑ Edwards, D and Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed January 4, 2013
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