The Champ (Sonny Stitt album)

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The Champ
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Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedApril 18, 1973
Genre Jazz, Bebop
Length37:35
Label Muse Records MR 5023
Producer Don Schlitten
Sonny Stitt chronology
Mr. Bojangles
(1973)
The Champ
(1974)
God Bless Jug and Sonny
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz (not rated) [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Champ is a Sonny Stitt album recorded at RCA's Studio B on April 18, 1973 and released on the Muse label.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "The Champ" (Gillespie) – 8:48
  2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare) – 7:11
  3. "The Midgets" (Newman) – 5:36

Side 2

  1. "The Eternal Triangle" (Stitt) – 5:21
  2. "All the Things You Are" (Kern-Hammerstein) – 4:32
  3. "Walkin'" (Carpenter) – 9:43

Personnel

Production

References

  1. The Champ at All About Jazz
  2. Yanow, Scott. The Champ at AllMusic
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.