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In Walked Sonny

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Released
  
Late September 1975

In Walked Sonny (1975)
  
Backgammon (1976)

Artists
  
Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Length
  
45:17 original LP

In Walked Sonny (1975)
  
The Bop Session (1975)

Release date
  
1975

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 16, 1975 New York City

Similar
  
Gypsy Folk Tales, New York Scene, Verve Jazz Masters 50, Soul Classics

In Walked Sonny is an album by American jazz musicians Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey with his Jazz Messengers. It was released in 1975 on the small independent label Sonet Records and is among the most obscure recordings made by the musicians involved in the project.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Blues March" (Benny Golson)- 7:29
  2. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:03
  3. "Birdlike" (Freddie Hubbard) - 7:40
  4. "I Can't Get Started" (George Gershwin, Vernon Duke) - 4:43
  5. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" (Walter Davis, Jr.) - 8:16
  6. "In Walked Sonny" (Sonny Stitt) - 11:06

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Birdlike" [Alternate Take] - 5:53
  2. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" [Alternate Take] - 8:35

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto and tenor saxophone
  • Art Blakey - drums
  • Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
  • Bill Hardman - trumpet
  • David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
  • Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki - bass

    • Songs

    1Blues March7:28
    2It Might As Well Be Spring6:01
    3Birdlike7:34

    References

    In Walked Sonny Wikipedia
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