Released 1956 Release date 1956 Label Verve Records | Length 46:00 Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded September 14, 1956
Fine Sound, New York City New York Jazz
(1956) For Musicians Only
(1956) Artists Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt Quartet 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