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Released
  
1966

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Henry Glover

Recorded
  
June 1966

Label
  
Roulette SR-25343

What's New!!! (1966)
  
I Keep Comin' Back! (1966)

What's New!!! (subtitled Sonny Stitt Plays the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Roulette label. The album represents Stitt's first recorded use of the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.

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Reception

What's New!!! reached number 172 on the Billboard 200 in April 1967 and number 16 on the Jazz Albums chart. Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 2:20
  2. "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 3:55
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 6:06
  4. "Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:28
  5. "Georgia" (Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 4:11
  6. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) - 2:10
  7. "Morgan's Song" - 2:31
  8. "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) - 2:05
  9. "Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:12
  10. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:17
  11. "If I Didn't Care" (Jack Lawrence) - 4:50
  12. "The Beastly Blues" - 4:50

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
  • Joe Wilder, Eddie Preston - trumpet
  • J. J. Johnson - trombone
  • Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
  • George Berg - baritone saxophone
  • Billy Taylor, Ellis Larkins - piano
  • Wild Bill Davis, Ernie Hayes - organ
  • Mike Mainieri - vibraphone
  • Les Spann - guitar
  • Jan Arnet, George Duvivier - bass
  • Walter Perkins - drums

    • References

    What's New!!! Wikipedia
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