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Stitt Goes Green
Sonny Stitt
Stitt Goes Green
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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This Exceptional Release features Alto Saxophonist Par Excellence Sonny Stitt in Two Different Quintet Settings. The First Session features Stitt Accompanied by Trombonist Bennie Green on the Front Line, with a Rhythm Sect...  more »

     
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All Artists: Sonny Stitt
Title: Stitt Goes Green
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Label: Gambit Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 7/11/2005
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8436028692125

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This Exceptional Release features Alto Saxophonist Par Excellence Sonny Stitt in Two Different Quintet Settings. The First Session features Stitt Accompanied by Trombonist Bennie Green on the Front Line, with a Rhythm Section Consisting of Organist Bobby Buster, Guitarist Joe Diorio and Drummer Dorel Anderson. The Date was Recorded in Chicago, on March 10 and 11, 1964 and features Three Renditions of Classic Standards in Addition to Four Stitt Compositions. The Second Date Recorded in Chicago on April 15, 1966 Featured a Similar Instrumentation as the Previous Session with the One Exception Being the Front Line. This Time it is Alto Saxophonist Bunky Green Joining Stitt Up Front with a Supporting Cast Including Organist Odell Brown, Guitarist Bryce Roberson and Drummer Maurice White, who Would Later Found the Legendary Band Earth, Wind and Fire. This Release features Stitt on Both the Alto and Tenor Saxophone.

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Two for one: Good sounds from Chicago
Samuel Chell | Kenosha,, WI United States | 01/30/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is really a 4-star CD, but I figure that maybe a higher rating will help average out the dismissal of the session by other reviewers. During the early sixties, Sonny favored his tenor and a simpler, more direct approach. One session features his pal, trombonist Bennie Green, and the other pairs him with Chicago alto player Bunky Green. Check out the richly played melody by Sonny and Bennie on "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and the vigorous exchanges between Sonny and Bunky on the Victor Herbert operetta aria, "One Alone." Simply melodic playing at its surest and most lyrical. As for Sonny recordings engineered by Van Gelder, I'm glad this isn't one of them. His session with Blakey on Impulse ("A Jazz Message"), on the other hand, is--and it's a lame offering by Stitt, one of the true disappointments among Stitt's literally hundreds of recordings. His somewhat earlier session with Blakey--"In Walked Sonny"--can be recommended (and the youngster, David Schnitter does, in fact, acquit himself very well in the company of Stitt)."