Released 1956 Release date 1956 | Length 46:00 | |
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Recorded September 14, 1956Fine Sound, New York City Similar Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar, Only the Blues, Personal Appearance, Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues, Jazz at the Hi‑Hat |
New York Jazz is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Verve label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a good session, but like all of Stitt's records, wears thin after about six cuts".
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
- "Norman's Blues " – 2:43
- "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:29
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 6:19
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:54
- "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) – 3:34
- "Down Home Blues (Funky Blues)" – 5:13
- "Sonny's Tune" – 5:32
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:11
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:31
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:37
Performance
Songs
1Norman's Blues2:41
2I Know That You Know4:29
3If I Had You6:19
References
New York Jazz Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA