Sonny Stitt - I Remember Bird Tribute to Duke Ellington (14 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Sonny Stitt
I Remember Bird: Tribute to Duke Ellington
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Waltz For Diane
2. Body And Soul
3. Jeepers Creepers
4. Streamlined Stanley
5. I Remember Bird
6. Watch What Happens
7. Yes Jesus Loves Me
8. Take The 'A' Train
9. Prelude To A Kiss
10. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
11. Cottontail
12. In A Sentimental Mood
13. In A Mellow Tone
14. Jeep's Blues

CD Details

All Artists: Sonny Stitt
Title: I Remember Bird: Tribute to Duke Ellington
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Collectables
Release Date: 11/19/2002
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Bebop, Tributes
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090431725825

Synopsis

Album Description

Two long out-of-print Catalyst recordings by Sonny Stitt are paired together on a single compact disc. "I Remember Bird" features Frank Rosolino on trombone, Dolo Coker on piano, Allen Jackson on bass and Clarence Johnston on drums. "Tribute" (aka "Sonny Stitt With Strings") includes Jackson and Johnston, in addition to Gildo Mahones on piano and the Bill Finegan String Ensemble.

CD Reviews

A very good session, not a lot of magic happened

Jazzcat | Genoa, Italy Italy | 04/10/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I REMEMBER BIRD A very good session from two of the best be bop soloist ever. Rosolino is in good shape, he plays here with attitude and energy. Stitt does not shine here as he used to. He obviously plays great but is common for him. I mean that there is a lack of magic in his playing probably due to the fact that he plays mainly tenor saxophone here. This is really a shame. In those years someone told him that he sounded too much like Bird and that he should change from alto to tenor if he would like to find a much own voice. I mean, what a silliness !! Why didn't that person mind to his own business??
I never took Stitt for Bird one single time in all my life. Stitt was a parkerian sure, but his own man! In a certain sessions he could outplay the same Bird (who was the king of kings). When he played tenor, which he did however with great taste and technique, he lost that fantastic and incomparable shining sound he had on alto, and this is really a shame. Anyway, I appreciate this album just because of the once ina lifetime encounter that happened between Stitt and Rosolino. But the album in se it's not a magic one. Consistent but not magic.
ELLINGTON TRIBUTE Good this one too. Stitt fly over strings orchestra on some of the best known ellington standards. Enjoyful. The two album are not historical albums, they were made in 1977. So to me they are just for the be bop enthusiasts, not for the common audience who probably would like to own few but fundamental jazz records."