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Shangri La (Sonny Stitt album)

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Released
  
1964

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

Shangri-La(1964)
  
Soul People(1964)

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
March 19, 1964Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Shangri-La(1964)
  
The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson(1964)

Similar
  
Verve Jazz Masters 50, Soul Classics, Sonny Side Up

Shangr-La is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring organist Don Patterson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating " Shangri-La doesn't particularly stand out from other, similar albums he made at the time with organ, but it's a respectable set with both uptempo swingers and ballads".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "My New Baby" - 7:21
  2. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 4:34
  3. "Soul Food" - 7:51
  4. "Shangri-La" (Matty Malneck, Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 4:44
  5. "Mama Don't Allow It" (Cow Cow Davenport) - 5:54
  6. "The Eternal One" - 5:49

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Don Patterson - organ
  • Billy James - drums

    • Songs

    1My New BabyDon Patterson7:21
    2MistyDon Patterson4:34
    3Soul FoodDon Patterson7:51

    References

    Shangri-La (Sonny Stitt album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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