Sonny Stitt New York Jazz CD

 KILLER STUFF!!!!
Sonny was one of TRUE JAZZ GIANTS ALL THE WAY!!!! GENIUS Sonny Stitt I would say! 4000000 millions stars not enough for mr.STITT!!!!
Submitted by najponk (Prague)
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 Decent Stitt set as they go
Once you hear a Sonny Stitt record from the fifties, and you hear some others he did from the same period, you realize two things 1) this guy sounds alot like bird 2) he often repeats the same riffs from album to album and even song to song. Alot of alto players sound like bird though. That does'nt mean Sonny was'nt a fine alto player. Just not the most inventive. His forte was his incredible speed and he displays plenty of that here, even on the slow songs. I have about six of his recordings from the fifties (which is enough), and this one is pretty good as they go. "sits in with oscar peterson" and "blows the blues"(on Lp) are better though. This one has better recording quality than "personal appearance". Not a bad choice if you want to pick up a Stitt recording from the 50's. The performances on all these records are, if anything, consistent. Like many of the others, this one is filled with Stitts take on jazz standards.
Submitted by jazzfan (washington dc)
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