Sonny Side Up (Roost album)

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Sonny Side Up
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Released1961
RecordedAugust 8, 1960
Studio Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Label Roost
RLP 2245
Producer Teddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
Previously Unreleased Recordings
(1960)
Sonny Side Up
(1961)
The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt
(1961)
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Sonny Side Up is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roost label. [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars. [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Sonny Side Up" - 2:36
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:56
  3. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:43
  4. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 4:47
  5. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 2:43
  6. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 3:51
  7. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 3:05
  8. "Bye Bye Blues" (Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray) - 5:04
  9. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:14

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013
  2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 4, 2013