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Released
  
1963

Sonny Sitt & the Top Brass (1962)
  
Rearin' Back (1962)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

Length
  
35:23

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Ahmet Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 16 & 17, 1962 New York City

Similar
  
Sonny Stitt albums, Jazz albums

Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated "The charts give this Stitt album more variety than usual, and the superior material challenges the saxophonist to play at his best".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Souls Valley" (Richard Carpenter) – 4:31
  2. "Coquette" (Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo) – 3:18
  3. "On a Misty Night" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:04
  4. "Stittsie" – 5:55
  5. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 3:06
  6. "Boom-Boom" (Jimmy Mundy) – 2:38
  7. "Sea Sea Rider" – 4:52
  8. "The Four Ninety" (Dameron) – 4:01
  9. "Hey Pam" – 2:58
  • Recorded in New York City on July 16 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8) and July 17 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), 1962

    • Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
  • Reunald Jones, Blue Mitchell, Dick Vance – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Matthew Gee – trombone
  • Willie Ruff – French horn
  • Duke Jordan – piano (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9)
  • Perri Lee – organ (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8)
  • Joe Benjamin – bass
  • Frank Brown (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8) – drums
  • Tadd Dameron, Jimmy Mundy – arranger

    • Songs

    1Souls Valley4:30
    2Coquette3:17
    3On A Misty Night4:03

    References

    Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass Wikipedia
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