Stitt's Bits: The Be Bop Recordings 1949 - 1952
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Sonny Stitt
Stitt's Bits: The Be Bop Recordings 1949 - 1952
[ Prestige Records / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Tuesday 27 February 2007
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As this exemplary European imported three-CD set demonstrates, the brilliant alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt was his own man, and his style could still serve as a definition of bop.
Sonny Stitt may be one of the most neglected figures of the bop era - a brilliant alto saxophonist unjustly overlooked for his stylistic resemblance to Charlie Parker.
But as this exemplary European imported three-CD set demonstrates, Stitt was his own man, and his style could still serve as a definition of bop. His lithe, high-speed lines and effortless swing propelling him through complex chord changes and sometimes fractured rhythms.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. Afternoon in Paris [Take 1] - J.J. Johnson Boppers
2. Afternoon in Paris [Take 2] - Sonny Stitt
3. Elora [Take 1] - Sonny Stitt
4. Elora [Take 2] - Sonny Stitt
5. Teapot [Take 1] - Sonny Stitt
6. Teapot [Take 2] - Sonny Stitt
7. Blue Mode [Take 1] - Sonny Stitt
8. Blue Mode [Take 2] - Sonny Stitt
9. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell Quartet
10. Sonny Side - Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell Quartet
11. Bud's Blues - Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell Quartet
12. Sunset - Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell Quartet
13. Strike Up the Band - Sonny Stitt Quartet
14. Strike Up the Band [Alternate Take] - Sonny Stitt Quartet
15. I Want to Be Happy - Sonny Stitt Quartet
16. Taking a Chance on Love - Sonny Stitt Quartet
17. Fine and Dandy [Take 1] - Sonny Stitt Quartet
18. Fine and Dandy [Take 2] - Sonny Stitt Quartet
19. Avalon - Sonny Stitt Quartet
20. Later - Sonny Stitt Quartet
21. Ain't Misbehavin' - Sonny Stitt Quartet
22. Mean to Me - Sonny Stitt Quartet
23. Stairway to the Stars - Sonny Stitt Quartet
24. Bye Bye - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
25. Let It Be - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
Disc 2:
1. Blues Up and Down [Take 1] - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
2. Blues Up and Down [Take 2] - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
3. Blues Up and Down [Take 3] - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
4. You Can Depend on Me [Take 1] - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
5. You Can Depend on Me [Take 2] - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
6. Touch of the Blues - Teddy Williams
7. Dumb Woman Blues - Teddy Williams
8. Chabootie - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
9. Who Threw the Sleeping Pills in Rip Van Winkle's Coffee? - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
10. Gravy (aka Walkin') - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
11. Easy Glide - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
12. Count Every Star - Sonny Stitt Quartet
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Sonny Stitt Quartet
14. There Will Never Be Another You - Sonny Stitt Quartet
15. Blazin' - Sonny Stitt Quartet
16. Back in Your Own Back Yard - Gene Ammons Band
17. Sweet Jennie Lou - Gene Ammons Band
18. Vie en Rose - Gene Ammons Band
19. Seven Eleven - Gene Ammons Band
20. To Think You've Chosen Me - Sonny Stitt Band
21. After You've Gone - Sonny Stitt Band
22. Our Very Own - Sonny Stitt Band
23. 'S Wonderful - Sonny Stitt Band
24. Stringin' the Jug - Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt Band
25. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) - Sonny Stitt Quartet
Disc 3:
1. Jeepers Creepers - Sonny Stitt Quartet
2. Imagination - Sonny Stitt Quartet
3. Cherokee - Sonny Stitt Quartet
4. 'Round About One A.M. - Gene Ammons Band
5. Jug - Gene Ammons Band
6. Wow - Gene Ammons Band
7. Blue and Sentimental - Gene Ammons Band
8. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Sonny Stitt Quartet
9. Can't We Be Friends - Sonny Stitt Quartet
10. New Blues Up and Down - Gene Ammons Band
11. Thrill of Your Kiss - Gene Ammons Band
12. If the Moon Turns Green - Gene Ammons Band
13. P.S. I Love You - Sonny Stitt Quartet
14. This Can't Be Love - Sonny Stitt Quartet
15. Down with It - Sonny Stitt Quartet
16. For the Fat Man - Sonny Stitt Quartet
17. Splinter - Sonny Stitt Quartet
18. Confession' - Sonny Stitt Quartet
19. Undecided - Gene Ammons Band
20. (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Gene Ammons Band
21. Because of Rain - Gene Ammons Band
22. Charmine - Gene Ammons Band
23. Cool Mambo - Sonny Stitt Quartet
24. Sonny Sounds - Sonny Stitt Quartet
25. Blue Mambo - Sonny Stitt Quartet
26. Stitt's It - Sonny Stitt Quartet
