Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

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Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements
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Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1959
Recorded February 16, 1959
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length43:47
Label Verve
MGV 8309
Sonny Stitt chronology
The Hard Swing
(1959) The Hard Swing1959		Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements
(1959)		 A Little Bit of Stitt
(1959) A Little Bit of Stitt1959

Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt performing music arranged by Jimmy Giuffre recorded in 1959 and originally released on the Verve 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.

Jimmy Giuffre American clarinet and saxophone player

James Peter Giuffre was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.

Verve Records American record label

Verve Records, also known as The Verve Music Group, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier labels, Clef Records, founded in 1946, Norgran Records, founded in 1953, and material previously licensed to Mercury Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "New York Blues" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 3:56
  2. "Giuff" - 2:58
  3. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 4:50
  4. "Sonny Boy" (Ray Henderson, Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown) - 3:57
  5. "Down Country" (Stitt, Giuffre) - 6:57
  6. "Singin' in the Rain" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 4:27
  7. "Uptown" - 5:21
  8. "Downtown" - 4:38
  9. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 3:23
  10. "Two for Timbucktu" (Giuffre) - 3:20

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.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings.. .. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

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References

  1. ↑ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed December 8, 2015
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed December 8, 2015
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