Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for...
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Sonny Side Up is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and the tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins, recorded in December 1957 in New York...
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Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers is an album by the saxophonist Sonny Stitt, recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Roost label. The Allmusic...
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Sonny Stitt is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in Chicago in 1958 and originally released on the Argo label. The Allmusic review stated "Stitt...
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Bud Powell discography (section With Sonny Stitt)
York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Fresh Sound, 1945 session only) Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (Prestige, 1949–50 [1956]) Cootie Williams and...
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1954) With Dizzy Gillespie Duets (Verve, 1957) Sonny Side Up (Verve, 1957) - also with Sonny Stitt With J. J. Johnson J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets...
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Sonny Stitt Plays (also referred to as Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded...
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with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Jo Jones at Newport is a 1957 live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Jo Jones, recorded...
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Metheny, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, and Cedar Walton. He was one of the house drummers...
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saxophonists themselves, admired, such as Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt) in the years that followed. Many UK jazz musicians were also...
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American jazz drummer. He has played on albums for Nancy Wilson, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Oscar Brown Jr., Charles Mingus, Billy Taylor...
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Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1959 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio. The Penguin Guide to Jazz rated...
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Stitt Meets Brother Jack (also released as 'Nother Fu'ther) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt with organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1962 and released...
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In Walked Sonny is an album by American jazz musicians Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers. It was released in 1975 on the small independent...
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with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt 1957: The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Verve) – with Benny Golson 1957: Sonny Side Up (Verve) – with Sonny Rollins...
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Song Book), Mina album, 2012 12 (Ryuichi Sakamoto album), 2023 12!, Sonny Stitt album, 1972 Twelve (Cobalt 60 album), 1998 Twelve (Patti Smith album)...
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album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt, his first of two albums released by Impulse! Records. All compositions by Sonny Stitt, unless otherwise noted "Surfin'"...
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The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt, released in 1959 on the Roost label. AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. All compositions...
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health, but his recordings and live performances with Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, and Max Roach during the late 1940s and early 1950s were instrumental...
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Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:06 Art Blakey – drums Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5), alto saxophone (2, 4, 6) McCoy Tyner – piano...
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Don Redman, Jimmy Dorsey, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Art Pepper, Paul Desmond, and...
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with Sonny Stitt (Prestige) – also issued as part of 1951's, 10 inch Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two. Also reissued in 1957 as part of Sonny Stitt/Bud...
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Groove Hut (#66721) in 2015] Stitt Meets Brother Jack [also released as 'Nuther Fu'ther] (Prestige, 1962) -with Sonny Stitt [note: reissued on Groove Hut...
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a solo performer, Ammons then led a group, including Miles Davis and Sonny Stitt, that performed at Chicago's Jumptown Club. In 1949, Ammons replaced...
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for Savoy Records that year, and reunited with Ammons to record with Sonny Stitt for Prestige Records in 1950. The U.S. Army drafted Mance in 1951. Two...
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album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1968 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972. The album represents Stitt's fourth recording featuring...
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Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Roost...
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Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (also released as All God's Children Got Rhythm) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded...
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Kaleidoscope is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded in 1950-52 and released on the Prestige label in 1957. The 1991 CD reissue...
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Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt Plays (Roost, 1955) Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt (Roost, 1956) Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1957) Sonny Stitt with...
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