Night Crawler (album)

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Night Crawler
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Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1966
Recorded September 21, 1965
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length28:35
Label Prestige
PR-7436
Producer Cal Lampley
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Night Crawler is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt with organist Don Patterson recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

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.

Don Patterson was an American jazz organist.

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.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating: "This is not so much soul-jazz as solid, unexceptional straight-ahead boppish jazz with organ". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as noted

  1. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) - 3:45
  2. "Answering Service" - 4:40
  3. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 5:25
  4. "Night Crawler" - 5:45
  5. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 3:05
  6. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 5:55

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records Discography accessed January 10, 2013
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review, accessed January 10, 2013
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