Compact Jazz: Sonny Stitt — The Verve Years
Discover the fiery, lyrical saxophone playing of jazz great Sonny Stitt on this 1992 Verve compilation. Featuring recordings from 1956 through 1961, the collection highlights Stitt's command of both alto and tenor saxophone, from fast-moving bebop to blues and warm ballads.
Artist: Sonny Stitt
Album: Compact Jazz: Sonny Stitt — The Verve Years
Released: 1992
Label: Verve Records
Catalog: 314 513 632-2
Format: Audio CD
Genre: Jazz / Bebop / Saxophone Jazz
UPC: 731451363221
Condition: Used CD; disc and packaging may show normal handling or shelf wear.
Complete CD Track Listing — 14 Tracks
- I Know That You Know
- Moten Swing
- Try a Little Tenderness
- Twelfth Street Rag
- New York Blues
- Scrapple from the Apple
- Down Home Blues
- Back to My Home Town
- Tune Up
- Autumn in New York
- Two for Timbucktu
- Blues for Bags
- Body and Soul
- After You've Gone
Album Background
Sonny Stitt was one of the most accomplished saxophonists of the bebop era, admired for his fluid technique, expressive phrasing and distinctive sound. This compilation gathers performances made for Verve, featuring collaborators including Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Jones, Ray Brown, Jo Jones, Bobby Timmons, Roy Eldridge and others. Highlights include Charlie Parker's “Scrapple from the Apple,” the blues-inflected “Down Home Blues,” and Stitt's interpretation of “Body and Soul.”