Stitt's Bits

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Stitt's Bits
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Compilation album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1958
Recorded February 17, June 28, October 8 and December 15, 1950
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PRLP 7133
Producer Bob Weinstock
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson
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(1950)		 Kaleidoscope
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Stitt's Bits is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded in 1950 and released on the Prestige label in 1958. [3]

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.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

Contents

Reception

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

Track listing

  1. "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) - 2:26
  2. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:04
  3. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish) - 3:12
  4. "Count Every Star" (Sammy Gallop, Bruno Coquatrix) - 2:57
  5. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:37
  6. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 2:32
  7. "Blazin'" (Sonny Stitt) - 3:22
  8. "After You've Gone" (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) - 2:25
  9. "Our Very Own" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) - 3:05
  10. "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:24
  11. "Jeepers Creepers" (Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 2:54
  12. "Nevertheless" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) - 2:49

Personnel

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".

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Matthew Gee was an American bebop trombonist and part-time actor.

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References

  1. 1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2012
  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 December 21, 2012
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