The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt

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The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt
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Studio album by
Sonny Stitt
Released1959
RecordedApril 2, 1958
Nola's Penthouse Sound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Roost
RLP 2230 [1]
Producer Teddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Side Up
(1957)		The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt
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The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt, released in 1959 on the Roost label. [3]

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Happy Faces" - 3:40
  2. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) - 2:57
  3. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain) - 2:05
  4. "When You're Smiling" (Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin) - 3:34
  5. "In a Little Spanish Town" (Mabel Wayne, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) - 4:00
  6. "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) - 3:42
  7. "Back in Your Own Back Yard" (Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer) - 3:26
  8. "Foot Tapper" - 3:05
  9. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:44
  10. "Shadow Waltz" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:08
  11. "Wind-Up" - 3:35

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed January 3, 2013
  3. ↑ "The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt roost 1959 - Google Search". www.google.com.



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