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| 1. | Easy to Love
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| 2. | Easy Living
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| 3. | Autumn in New York
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| 4. | You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
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| 5. | For Some Friends
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| 6. | I Never Knew
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| 7. | Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea
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| 8. | East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
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| 9. | Original?
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| 10. | Avalon
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| 11. | Blues Greasy
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Jazz / Bop
Recorded May 12, 1957 at Fine Sound, New York City
Sonny Stitt - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Bobby Timmons - Piano
Edgar Willis Acoustic - Bass
Kenny Dennis - Drums
"It’s straightaway blowing all the way - the kind of jazz at which Stitt is most himself. There are few other Stitt records that communicate his ‘in person’ intensity and vigor as effectively as this one."
---Nat Hentoff, 1957
Original recordings produced by Norman Granz
Reissue
Produced by Bryan Koniarz
Mastered by Bob Irwin and Jayme Pieruzzi at Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, NY
Production assistance by Mark Smith
Art directed by Hollis King
Art production managed by Sherniece Smith
Executive producer: Ken Druker
While the comparisons to Charlie Parker were inevitable throughout a good part of his career, Sonny Stitt was very much his own man. He is in top form throughout this 1957 session made for Verve, featuring a very young Bobby Timmons on piano, bassist Edgar Willis, and drummer Kenny Dennis. Alternating between alto and tenor saxophone in a program consisting mostly of standards, Stitt is equally at home on each horn. His soulful tenor shines in "Easy Living," while the loping "Autumn in New York" showcases his exuberant alto. Timmons, who had just made his recording debut as a sideman with Kenny Burrell the previous year, hints at his potential with a blues-drenched solo in "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." Long out of print and one of Stitt's best recordings at this point in his career, Personal Appearance was digitally remastered and reissued in a slim-line CD mini-record jacket as a limited edition; it is available until June 2007. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Sonny Stitt
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Feb 02, 1924 in Boston, MA
Died: Jul 22, 1982 in Washington, D.C.
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Standards
Charlie Parker has had many admirers and his influence can be detected in numerous styles, but few have been as avid a disciple as Sonny Sitt. There was almost note-for-note imitation in several early Stitt solos, and the closeness remained until Stitt began de-emphasizing the alto in favor of the tenor, on which he artfully combined the influences of Parker and Lester Young. Stitt gradually developed his own sound and style, though he was never far from Parker on any alto solo. A wonderful blues and ballad player whose approach influenced John Coltrane, Stitt could rip through an up-tempo bebop stanza, then turn around and play a shivering, captivating ballad. He was an alto saxophonist in Tiny Bradshaw's band during the early '40s, then joined Billy Eckstine's seminal big band in 1945, playing alongside other emerging bebop stars like Gene Ammons and Dexter Gordon. Stitt later played in Dizzy Gillespie's big band and sextet. He began on tenor and baritone in 1949, and at times was in a two-tenor unit with Ammons. He recorded with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson for Prestige in 1949, then did several albums on Prestige, Argo, and Verve in the '50s and '60s. Stitt led many combos in the '50s, and re-joined Gillespie for a short period in the late '50s. After a brief stint with Miles Davis in 1960, he reunited with Ammons and for a while was in a three-tenor lineup with James Moody. During the '60s, Stitt also recorded for Atlantic, cutting the transcendent Stitt Plays Bird, which finally addressed the Parker question in epic fashion. He continued heading bands, though he joined the Giants of Jazz in the early '70s. This group included Gillespie, Art Blakey, Kai Winding, Thelonious Monk, and Al McKibbon. Stitt did more sessions in the '70s for Cobblestone, Muse, and others, among them another definitive date, Tune Up. He continued playing and recording in the early '80s, recording for Muse, Sonet, and Who's Who in Jazz. He suffered a heart attack and died in 1982.
---Ron Wynn and Bob Porter, All Music Guide |
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