Jazz at the Hi Hat

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "this CD gives one a good all-around sampling of early Sonny Stitt".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

Volume 1:

1. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 3:08
2. "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
3. "Every Tub" (Basie, Eddie Durham)
4. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston)
5. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 5:00 additional track on CD release
6. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:43 additional track on CD release
7. "Tri-Horn Blues" additional track on CD release
8. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:43 additional track on CD release
9. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 5:04 additional track on CD release
10. "Wigwam" - 2:53 additional track on CD release
11. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) additional track on CD release
12. "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) - 3:14 additional track on CD release

Volume 2:

1. "S.O.S. (Columbus Avenue Rhythm)" - 8:06
2. "Rockin' at the Hi-Hat" - 2:23
3. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) - 3:14
4. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:24
5. "Lover" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:04
6. "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) - 2:55
7. "Mass Ave. Swing" - 2:29
8. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 2:10
9. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Durham) - 12:22
10. "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) - 4:16
11. "Baritone Blues" - 4:01
12. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:10
13. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 3:53
14. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 1:59
15. "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 2:42

Personnel