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Released
  
1967

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Henry Glover

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
1967

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Roulette Records

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Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label. The album represents Stitt's third featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Hello George" - 3:25
  2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington) - 5:02
  3. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 4:27
  4. "Because It's Love" - 2:35
  5. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:40
  6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:18
  7. "Chinatown My Chinatown" (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) - 3:45
  8. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:09
  9. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:45

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
  • Jerome Richardson - alto flute
  • George Berg - baritone saxophone
  • Don Patterson - organ
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Walter Jones - drums

    • References

    Parallel-a-Stitt Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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