  |
|
|
 |
| Low Flame - Legends of Acid Jazz |
| Sonny Stitt |
| első megjelenés éve: 1999 |
|
| (1999)
|
|
CD |
|
|
|
| 1. | Low Flame
|
| 2. | Put Your Little Foot Right Out
|
| 3. | Cynthia Sue
|
| 4. | Donald Duck
|
| 5. | Close Your Eyes
|
| 6. | Silly Billy
|
| 7. | Baby, Do You Ever Think Of Me?
|
| 8. | Fine And Dandy
|
| 9. | My New Baby
|
| 10. | Misty (instrumental)
|
| 11. | Soul Food
|
| 12. | Shangri-la
|
| 13. | Mama Don't Allow It
|
| 14. | The Eternal One
|
Jazz
Sonny Stitt - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Vocals
Billy James - Drums, Drums (Snare)
Don Patterson - Organ
Paul Weeden - Guitar
Having helped to pioneer the hard-bop approach to the tenor saxophone during the Fifties, Sonny Stitt often found himself working with organ combos in the Sixties. He may have followed trends, but the Boston-born musician never sacrificed what Ira Gitler described as "that assertive, uplifting drive." Featured on all selections is Don Patterson, one of the few organists of the era able to keep pace with Stitt's challenging harmonic and rhythmic requirements. Stitt plays both alto and tenor saxophones and, on the whimsical "Mama Don't Allow," even sings a bit of blues.
* Bill Stoddard - Engineer
* Chris Albertson - Liner Notes
* Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
* Joe Tarantino - Remastering
* Orrin Keepnews - Producer
* Ozzie Cadena - Producer
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Stitt plays both tenor and alto sax on this set, backed by his working band of the time: Don Patterson on organ, Billy James on drums, and Paul Weeden on guitar. This small combo jazz fits between Bebop and soul-jazz, dominated by group-penned material. Stitt gets an especially smoky tone on the ballads, particularly on the title track, which is a sultry blues number also featuring the guitarist and organ in their solo turns. Weeden distinguishes himself more as a soloist than Patterson does, particularly on the Wes Montgomery-type lines on "Silly Billy." Prestige's 1999 CD reissue of the album combines Low Flame and the entirety of Stitt's 1964 album Shangri-La (which also features Patterson and James, though not Weeden) on the same disc.
---Richie Unterberger, 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, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream 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 |
|
CD bolt, zenei DVD, SACD, BLU-RAY lemez vásárlás és rendelés - Klasszikus zenei CD-k és DVD-különlegességek |  | | Webdesign - Forfour Design |
|
|
