Sonny Stitt Plays

1956 studio album by Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt Plays

Studio album by

Sonny Stitt

Released| 1956
Recorded| December 15 & 16, 1955
Capitol Studios, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Roost
RLP 2208
Producer| Teddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
| Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones
(1955)  | Sonny Stitt Plays
(1956)  | New York Jazz
(1956)

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Allmusic| [1]

Sonny Stitt Plays (also referred to as Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Roost label.[2]

## Reception

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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[1]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:33
2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:08
3. "Biscuit Mix (Carpsie's Groove)" – 3:14
4. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 4:56
5. "Afterwards" – 3:14
6. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:15
7. "Blues for Bobby" – 4:48
8. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton) 5:36
9. "The Nearness Of You" [alternate take] (Carmichael, Washington) – 5:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "If I Should Lose You" [alternate take] (Rainger, Robin) – 4:29 Bonus track on CD reissue

* Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on December 15 (tracks 1-4 & 9) and December 16 (tracks 5-8 & 10), 1955
* The Bonus tracks must be from the box set. They are not on the current Japanese Import CD

## Personnel

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* Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
* Hank Jones – piano
* Freddie Green – rhythm guitar (tracks 1-4 & 9)
* Wendell Marshall – bass
* Shadow Wilson – drums

## References

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1. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed January 2, 2013
2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography accessed January 2, 2013

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* t
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Sonny Stitt

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader or
co-leader|

* Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
* Stitt's Bits (1950)
* Kaleidoscope (1950–52)
* Jazz at the Hi-Hat (1954)
* The Battle of Birdland (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1954)
* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
* New York Jazz (1956)
* For Musicians Only (with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, 1956)
* 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c.1956/57)
* Only the Blues (1957)
* Personal Appearance (1957)
* Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
* Burnin' (1958)
* Sonny Stitt (1958)
* The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (1958)
* A Little Bit of Stitt (1959)
* Saxophone Supremacy (1959)
* Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959)
* Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959)
* Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959)
* Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Verve, 1959)
* Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959)
* The Hard Swing (1959)
* The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959)
* Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960)
* Sonny Side Up (Roost, 1960)
* Stittsville (1960)
* Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
* Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge (1961)
* The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961)
* Feelin's (1962)
* Low Flame (1962)
* Rearin' Back (1962)
* Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
* Stitt Meets Brother Jack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962)
* Move on Over (1963)
* My Mother's Eyes (1963)
* Now! (1963)
* Primitivo Soul! (1963)
* Salt and Pepper (and Paul Gonsalves, 1963)
* Soul Shack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963)
* Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
* Stitt Plays Bird (1963)
* My Main Man (and Bennie Green, 1964)
* Shangri-La (with Don Patterson, 1964)
* Sax Expressions (1965)
* Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's (with Dick Morrissey, 1965)
* Soul People (with Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69)
* Broadway Soul (1965)
* Inter-Action (and Zoot Sims, 1965)
* Night Crawler (with Don Patterson, 1965)
* Pow! (with Bennie Green, 1965)
* The Matadors Meet the Bull (1965)
* Deuces Wild (1966)
* I Keep Comin' Back! (1966)
* Soul in the Night (and Bunky Green, 1966)
* What's New!!! (1966)
* Parallel-a-Stitt (1967)
* Little Green Apples (1968)
* Soul Electricity! (1968)
* Come Hither (1969)
* Night Letter (1969)
* Black Vibrations (1971)
* Turn It On! (1971)
* 12! (1972)
* Constellation (1972)
* Goin' Down Slow (1972)
* Tune-Up! (1972)
* Mr. Bojangles (1973)
* The Champ (1973)
* Satan (1974)
* Blues for Duke (1975)
* Dumpy Mama (1975)
* Mellow (1975)
* My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975)
* Forecast: Sonny & Red (with Red Holloway, 1976)
* I Remember Bird (1978)
* Stomp Off Let's Go (1976)
* Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)
* In Style (1981)
* The Last Sessions (1982)

And
Gene
Ammons|

* All Star Sessions (1950–55)
* Dig Him! (1961)
* Boss Tenors (1961)
* Boss Tenors in Orbit! (1962)
* Soul Summit (with "Brother"Jack McDuff, 1962)
* You Talk That Talk! (1971)
* God Bless Jug and Sonny (1973)
* Left Bank Encores (1973)
* Together Again for the Last Time (1973)

With
Dizzy
Gillespie|

* The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)
* Duets (1957)
* The Giants of Jazz (with Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Kai Winding, 1971)
* The Bop Session (1975)

With
Don
Patterson|

* Patterson's People (1964)
* Tune Up! (1964–69)
* The Boss Men (1965)
* Funk You! (1968)
* Brothers-4 (1969)
* Donny Brook (1969)

With
others|

* A Jazz Message (with Art Blakey, 1963)
* In Walked Sonny (with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1975)
* The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957)

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* t
* e

Hank Jones

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* Urbanity (1947–53)
* Bluebird (1955)
* Quartet-Quintet (1955)
* The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955)
* Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
* Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
* Gigi (1958)
* Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958)
* Porgy and Bess (1958)
* The Talented Touch (1958)
* Here's Love (1963)
* This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
* Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Hanky Panky (1975)
* Arigato (1976)
* Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
* Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
* Bop Redux (1977)
* Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
* I Remember You (1977)
* Just for Fun (1977)
* Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
* Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
* Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978)
* Compassion (1978)
* Groovin' High (1978)
* More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Bluesette (1979)
* I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
* Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987)
* The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988)
* The Oracle (1989)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
* Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994)
* Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006)
* Come Sunday (2010)

The Great
Jazz Trio|

* I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976)
* Love for Sale (1976)
* Direct from L.A. (1977)
* Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977)
* Milestones (1978)
* New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

With
Bob
Brookmeyer|

* Brookmeyer (1956)
* Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)
* Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
* Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956)
* Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958)
* Jazz Is a Kick (1960)
* Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961)
* Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)

With

Cohn|

* That Old Feeling (1955)
* The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955)
* Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
* From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
* The Sax Section (1956)
* Son of Drum Suite (1960)

With
Coleman
Hawkins|

* The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
* The Hawk in Paris (1956)
* Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58)
* The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)

With
Johnny
Hodges|

* Sandy's Gone (1963)
* Wings & Things (1965)
* Blue Notes (1966)
* Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
* Triple Play (1967)
* 3 Shades of Blue (1970)

With
Milt
Jackson|

* Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
* Opus de Jazz (1955)
* The Jazz Skyline (1956)
* Bags & Flutes (1957)
* Bags & Trane (1959)
* Statements (1962)
* Big Bags (1962)
* For Someone I Love (1963)
* Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
* Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964)
* Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)

With
J.J.
Johnson|

* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* Jay and Kai (1957)
* J.J.'s Broadway (1963)
* J.J.! (1964)
* Broadway Express (1965)
* The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)

With
Oliver
Nelson|

* Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
* Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
* The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
* The Kennedy Dream (1967)
* The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)

With
Sonny
Stitt|

* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
* Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
* Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
* Now! (1962)
* Goin' Down Slow (1972)

With
others|

* The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957)
* Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
* Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
* Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
* Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
* Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
* Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965)
* Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58)
* Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959)
* Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
* Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62)
* Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
* For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973)
* Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955)
* New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
* Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
* 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
* Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
* Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
* Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
* Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959)
* Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
* Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957)
* Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
* The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
* Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61)
* Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962)
* New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
* Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
* A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
* The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
* Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
* Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
* Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963)
* Gigi Gryce (1958)
* You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
* I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
* The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
* Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
* Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951)
* French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
* Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62)
* And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966)
* Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
* SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959)
* The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952)
* I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003)
* Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
* Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
* Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957)
* 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
* Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982)
* Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
* The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
* Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
* SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961)
* Great Day (James Mody, 1963)
* Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956)
* The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
* Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984)
* All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
* New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979)
* So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
* Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
* Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978)
* Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
* The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957)
* Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
* The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967)
* The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
* Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
* Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964)
* Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
* See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964)
* Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955)
* Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
* Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956)
* The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
* But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969)
* The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958)
* Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
* More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
* Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)

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