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Released
  
1962

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Argo

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 24, 1962 Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois

Rearin' Back (1962)
  
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Rearin' Back is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.

Contents

Reception

Down Beat magazine's Harvey Pekar said in his April 11, 1963 review that "Stitt solos brilliantly... Stitt conceives and executes extremely complex passages so easily that some have come to take his work for granted."

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Rearin' Back" - 5:15
  2. "We" (Harry M. Woods, Al Sherman, Charles Tobias) - 4:04
  3. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers) - 3:34
  4. "Cut Plug" - 4:13
  5. "Queen" - 7:00
  6. "Carpsie's Groove" - 6:10
  7. "Bunny R." - 6:14

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Mathews - piano
  • Arthur Harper - bass
  • Lex Humphries - drums

    • Songs

    1Rearin' Back5:15
    2We4:04
    3Little Girl Blue3:34

    References

    Rearin' Back Wikipedia
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