Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass

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Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
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Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedJuly 16 & 17, 1962
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length35:23
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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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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

Personnel

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References

  1. Atlantic Records Discography accessed December 24, 2012
  2. Down Beat: February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4
  3. 1 2 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.