Saxophone Supremacy

Saxophone Supremacy
Studio album by The Sonny Stitt Quartet
Released	1961
Recorded	December 21 & 23, 1959
Studio	Radio Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve MG V-8377
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959) Saxophone Supremacy (1961) Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959)

Saxophone Supremacy is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	[2]
AllMusic	[3]

Ken Dryden for AllMusic stated, "Sonny Stitt had a difficult time coming out from under the shadow of Charlie Parker, even though Stitt's approach to playing the alto sax was only partially similar to the late giant". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt, except as indicated.

1. "I Cover The Waterfront" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) - 3:14
2. "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 7:41
3. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger) - 3:54
4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:48
5. "All Of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 3:02
6. "Two Bad Days Blues" - 4:43
7. "It's You Or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:31
8. "Blue Smile" - 4:00

• Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (track 6 & 8) and December 23 (tracks 1-5 & 7), 1959

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone
• Lou Levy - piano
• Leroy Vinnegar - bass
• Mel Lewis - drums

References

1. Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012
2. DownBeat : March 2, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 5
3. Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed December 21, 2012