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Sonny Stitt Kaleidoscope
Released : 1957 [Originally released on Prestige (7077). ] (tracks 1-12 only)
Remastered ; 1992 [Original Jazz Classics]
Format : Flac
Deftly handling the alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, bebop giant Sonny Stitt is heard to perfection here on a variety of early-'50s dates. Kaleidoscope songs Stitt not only shows off his patented speed throughout, but he goes a long way in dispelling criticisms of him being all fire and no grace. Kaleidoscope album The 16-track disc kicks off with four tight, Latin-tinged swingers featuring an octet that includes trumpeter Joe Newman and timbales player Humberto Morales. Kaleidoscope CD music Switching to piano quartet mode for the bulk of the disc, Stitt ranges effortlessly from frenetic blasts ("Cherokee") to golden-hued ballads ("Imagination"). Capping off the set with four bonus cuts featuring the likes of Gene Ammons and Junior Mance, Stitt delivers one of the top sets of performances from the late bebop era
Tracklist :
01 "Stitt's It" - 2:35
02 "Cool Mambo" - 2:40
03 "Blue Mambo" - 2:25
04 "Sonny Sounds" - 2:29
05 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 3:02
06 "Later" (Sonny Stitt) - 3:00
07 "P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) - 3:00
08 "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:47
09 "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:24
10 "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) - 2:33
11 "Can't We Be Friends" (Paul James, Kay Swift) - 2:41
12 "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" - 2:45
13 "To Think You've Chosen Me - 3:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
14 "After You've Gone" - 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
15 "Our Very Own" - 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
16 "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
Recorded in New York City on February 17, 1950 (tracks 5 & 6), October 8, 1950 (tracks 13-16), December 15, 1950 (tracks 9 & 10), January 31, 1951 (tracks 11 & 12), February 1, 1951 (tracks 7 & 8 ) and February 25, 1952 (tracks 1-4)
Personnel
Sonny Stitt – alto, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
John Hunt (tracks 1-4), Bill Massey (tracks 1-4 & 13-16), Joe Newman (tracks 1-4) - trumpet
Matthew Gee - trombone (tracks 13-16)
Gene Ammons - baritone saxophone (tracks 13-16)
Charlie Bateman (tracks 7, 8, 11 & 12), Kenny Drew (tracks 5 & 6), John Houston (tracks 1-4), Junior Mance (tracks 9-16) - piano
Tommy Potter (tracks 5 & 6), Ernie Shepherd (tracks 1-4), Teddy Stewart (tracks 7, 8, 11 & 12), Gene Wright (tracks 7-16) - bass
Art Blakey (tracks 5, 6, 9 & 10), Wes Landers (tracks 13-16), Shadow Wilson (tracks 1-4) - drums
Humberto Molares - congas (tracks 1-4)
Larry Townsend - vocals (tracks 13-16)
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