Turn It On!

This article is about the Sonny Stitt album. For other uses, see Turn It On (disambiguation).

Turn It On!
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1971
Recorded	January 4, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:32
Label	Prestige PR-10012
Producer	Bob Porter
Sonny Stitt chronology
Night Letter (1969) Turn It On! (1971) You Talk That Talk! (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Turn It On! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1971 and released on the Prestige label. ^[3] The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound. ^[4]

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album, stating, "Stitt uses an electrical device (a Varitone) on his tenor that waters down his tone a bit. With organist Leon Spencer, guitarist Melvin Sparks and drummer Idris Muhammad setting down unrelenting grooves on most of the five numbers (including the 11-minute title cut), Stitt only seems to be making cameo appearances". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Leon Spencer except where noted

1. "Turn It On" - 11:10
2. "The Bar-B-Que Man" - 7:59
3. "Miss Riverside" - 9:28
4. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 3:54
5. "There Are Such Things" (Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer) - 4:01

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone, varitone
• Virgil Jones - trumpet (tracks 1-3)
• Leon Spencer Jr. - organ
• Melvin Sparks - guitar
• Idris Muhammad - drums

References

1. Turn It On! Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 185. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. Prestige Records Discography accessed January 9, 2013
4. Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz , December 20, 2011
5. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed January 9, 2013