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Released
  
1959

Release date
  
1959

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt Quartet

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 9, 1959New York City

The Hard Swing(1959)
  
Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements(1959)

Label
  
Universal Music Central America

Similar
  
Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues, Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Gi, Only the Blues, New York Jazz, The Sonny Side of Stitt

The Hard Swing is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt's Quartet recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:07
  2. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 3:41
  3. "Subito" - 3:57
  4. "If I Had You" (Irving King, Ted Shapiro) - 4:08
  5. "I'll Remember April" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston) - 4:36
  6. "Blues for Lester" - 4:24
  7. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) - 3:47
  8. "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) - 2:41
  9. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:03
  10. "Presto" - 3:27
  11. "Tune Up" - 4:07

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Amos Trice - piano
  • George Morrow - bass
  • Lenny McBrowne - drums

    • Songs

    1I Got Rhythm3:07
    2What's New?3:40
    3Subito3:56

    References

    The Hard Swing Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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