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Released
  
1960

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Fresh Sound Records

Artist
  
Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Teddy Reig

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 21, 1959 New York City

The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959)
  
Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959)

Similar
  
Sonny Stitt albums, Jazz albums

The Sonny Side of Stitt is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and originally released on the Roost label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 2:50
  2. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 2:55
  3. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 3:46
  4. "Day by Day" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) - 3:34
  5. "Red Top" (Lionel Hampton) - 3:55
  6. "Moonray" (Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quinser) - 3:01
  7. "Old Fashioned Blues" - 4:47
  8. "I Never Knew" (Earl Carroll) - 4:31
  9. "Hitsburg" - 4:27

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Jones - piano
  • Aaron Bell - bass
  • Roy Haynes - drums
  • Songs

    When the Red Red Robin - Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along (feat Jimmy Jones)Jimmy Jones2:52
    For All We Know (feat Jimmy Jones)Jimmy Jones3:11
    I'm Confessin' That I Love You (feat Jimmy Jones)Jimmy Jones3:24

    References

    The Sonny Side of Stitt Wikipedia