Mr. Bojangles (album)

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Mr. Bojangles
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Studio album by
Sonny Stitt
Released1973
Recorded1973
StudioSound Exchange Studios, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length36:21
Label Cadet
CA 50026
Producer Esmond Edwards
Sonny Stitt chronology
12!
(1972)		Mr. Bojangles
(1973)		 God Bless Jug and Sonny
(1973)

Mr. Bojangles is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1973 and released on the Cadet label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Mr. Bojangles pairs Sonny Stitt with arranger Don Sebesky for one of the smoothest and most mainstream-facing dates of the saxophonist's career. Sebesky's luminous treatments underscore the elegance of Stitt's soulful alto and tenor leads". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) - 7:31
  2. "World Is a Ghetto" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) - 6:56
  3. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) - 4:41
  4. "Blue Monsoon" (Esmond Edwards) - 5:06
  5. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) - 3:33
  6. "Fifty Per Cent" (Sonny Stitt) - 3:38
  7. "Ben" (Donald Black, Walter Scharf) - 4:56

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ GRT Consolidated Chess/Cadet Album Discography (1971-1975) accessed January 14, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed January 8, 2013
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