Sonny Stitt Swings the Most

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Sonny Stitt Swings the Most
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 9 and December 21 & 23, 1959
New York City and Radio Recorder Studio in Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
MG V-8380
Sonny Stitt chronology
Saxophone Supremacy
(1959)
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(1960)
Sonny Stitt - Previously Unreleased Recordings
(1960)
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Sonny Stitt Swings the Most is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label. [2]

Contents

Reception

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

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Lonesome Road" (Nathaniel Shilkret, Gene Austin) - 4:04
  2. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) - 4:03
  3. "That's The Way To Be" - 2:08
  4. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 5:02
  5. "Jaunty" - 5:11
  6. "Blue Sunday" - 3:24
  7. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:02

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2012
  2. Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012