Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass

Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1963
Recorded	July 16–17, 1962 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:23
Label	Atlantic 1395
Producer	Ahmet Ertegun
Sonny Stitt chronology
Stitt in Orbit (1962) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1963) Rearin' Back (1962)

Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Atlantic label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated "The charts give this Stitt album more variety than usual, and the superior material challenges the saxophonist to play at his best". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "Souls Valley" (Richard Carpenter) – 4:31
2. "Coquette" (Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo) – 3:18
3. "On a Misty Night" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:04
4. "Stittsie" – 5:55
5. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 3:06
6. "Boom-Boom" (Jimmy Mundy) – 2:38
7. "See See Rider" (traditional) – 4:52
8. "The Four Ninety" (Dameron) – 4:01
9. "Hey Pam" – 2:58

• Recorded in New York City on July 16 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8) and July 17 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), 1962

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
• Reunald Jones, Blue Mitchell, Dick Vance – trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland, Matthew Gee – trombone
• Willie Ruff – French horn
• Duke Jordan – piano (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9)
• Perri Lee – organ (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8)
• Joe Benjamin – bass
• Frank Brown (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8) – drums
• Tadd Dameron, Jimmy Mundy – arranger

References

1. Atlantic Records Discography accessed December 24, 2012
2. Down Beat: February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 24, 2012
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.