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My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons

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Released
  
1976

My Buddy Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975)
  
Dumpy Mama (1975)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Muse MR 5091

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Bob Porter

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Recorded
  
July 2, 1975 Bell Sound Studio, New York City

Similar
  
Verve Jazz Masters 50, Soul Classics, Sonny Side Up

My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring selections associated with his fellow musician Gene Ammons recorded in 1975 and released on the Muse label in 1976.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album calling it a "fine tribute album" and stating "this is a high-quality bop set".

Track listing

  1. "You Can Depend On Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 7:13
  2. "Red Top" (Gene Ammons) - 4:01
  3. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:55
  4. "My Buddy" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 6:12
  5. "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 4:25
  6. "Blues for Brad and Kolax" (Sonny Stitt) - 7:05

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Barry Harris - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Leroy Williams - drums

    • References

    My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons Wikipedia
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