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Released
  
1961

Release date
  
1961

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
December 21 & 23, 1959Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles, California

Saxophone Supremacy(1959)
  
Sonny Stitt Swings the Most(1959)

Jazz albums
  
Sonny Stitt Swings the Most, Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues, Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Gi, Personal Appearance, Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar

Saxophone Supremacy is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

Ken Dryden for Allmusic stated, "Sonny Stitt had a difficult time coming out from under the shadow of Charlie Parker, even though Stitt's approach to playing the alto sax was only partially similar to the late giant".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "I Cover The Waterfront" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) - 3:14
  2. "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 7:41
  3. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger) - 3:54
  4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:48
  5. "All Of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 3:02
  6. "Two Bad Days Blues" - 4:43
  7. "It's You Or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:31
  8. "Blue Smile" - 4:00
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (track 6 & 8) and December 23 (tracks 1-5 & 7), 1959

    • Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone
  • Lou Levy - piano
  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Mel Lewis - drums

    • Songs

    1I Cover the Waterfront3:17
    2Lazy Bones7:42
    3Sunday3:56

    References

    Saxophone Supremacy Wikipedia
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