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Sonny Stitt (02 Feb 1924 - 22 Jul 1982)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (2)

Releases (92)

Official

Album

  1. Favorites, Volume 1 1952
  2. Favorites, Volume 2 1952
  3. New York Jazz 1956
  4. Kaleidoscope 1957
  5. Sonny Stitt With The New Yorkers 1957
  6. Only the Blues 1958
  7. Sonny Stitt 1958
  8. Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements 1959
  9. Burnin' 1960
  10. The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt 1961
  11. At The D.J. Lounge 1961
  12. Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass 1962
  13. Rearin' Back 1962
  14. Feelin's 1962
  15. Now! 1963
  16. Stitt Plays Bird 1964
  17. Pow! 1966
  18. Deuces Wild 1967
  19. Constellation 1972
  20. Black Vibrations 1972
  21. Move on over..... 1972
  22. I Cover The Waterfront 1973
  23. Soul Girl 1973
  24. So Doggone Good 1973
  25. The Champ 1974
  26. Mellow 1975
  27. I Remember Bird 1977
  28. Blues For Duke 1978
  29. Sonny's Back 1980
  30. Moonlight in Vermont Jun 1983
  31. Tune-Up! 1983
  32. Sonny's Last Recordings - The Bubba Sessions 1983 (as Sonny)
  33. Sits in With the Oscar Peterson Trio 25 Jun 1991
  34. in Brazil - with Zimbo Trio 1991
  35. Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements From The Pen Of Quincy Jones 28 Jun 1995
  36. Stitt's Bits 06 Mar 1996
  37. I Should Care 1996
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Album - Live

  1. Live at Ronnie Scott's May 1965
  2. Jazz at the Hi-Hat 1992
  3. Jazz At The Hi-Hat Volume 2 1996
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Best Of Sonny Stitt With Brother Jack McDuff 1972
  2. Genesis 1975
  3. The Last Stitt Sessions Vol. 1 & 2 1984
  4. Soul Classics 1988
  5. Prestige First Sessions, Volume 2 1992
  6. The Verve Years (1956-57) 1992
  7. Verve Jazz Masters 50 26 Sep 1995
  8. Night Letter 1996
  9. Legends of Acid Jazz 1996
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Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Sonny Stitt Quartet original
  2. The Giants of Jazz

Parents

  1. Edward Boatner

Recordings by (701)

  1. Sunset ?:?? (1949) 1949-12-11, mx. JRC-1003-A
  2. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:42 (1952)
  3. Our Very Own 3:09 (1952)
  4. There'll Never Be Another You 2:34 (1952)
  5. Later 3:01 (1952)
  6. Ain't Misbehavin' 3:02 (1952)
  7. After You're Gone 2:29 (1952)
  8. Stairway to the Stars 3:18 (1952)
  9. Blazin' 3:25 (1952)
  10. S'Wonderful 2:28 (1952)
  11. Jeepers Creepers 2:56 (1952)
  12. Down With It 2:33 (1952)
  13. For the Fat Man 2:57 (1952)
  14. Splinter 2:41 (1952)
  15. Confessin' 2:37 (1952)
  16. Sonny Sounds 2:29 (1952)
  17. Stitt's It 2:36 (1952)
  18. Teapot 3:03 (1956) take 2
  19. Blue Mode 2:50 (1956) take 2
  20. Cool Mambo 2:40 (1957)
  21. Blue Mambo 2:25 (1957)
  22. Ain't Misbehaving 3:02 (1957)
  23. P.S., I Love You 3:00 (1957)
  24. This Can't Be Love 2:47 (1957)
  25. Imagination 3:24 (1957)
  26. Can't We Be Friends 2:41 (1957)
  27. Liza 2:45 (1957)
  28. The Best Things In Life Are Free 5:00 (1957)
  29. Engos, The Bloos 3:40 (1957)
  30. It might as well be spring 5:00 (1957)
  31. Cherokee 4:05 (1957)
  32. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 4:30 (1957)
  33. Body & Soul 3:52 (1957)
  34. People Will Say We're in Love 4:50 (1957)
  35. Bloosey 3:45 (1957)
  36. Birds' Eye 4:15 (1957)
  37. Propapagoon 4:18 (1958)
  38. This is Always 3:06 (1958)
  39. Jack Spratt 6:24 (1958)
  40. Just You, Just Me 5:18 (1958)
  41. Cool Blues 3:59 (1958)
  42. Mr. Sun 4:47 (1958)
  43. Dancing On The Ceiling 4:42 (1958)
  44. Everyone Does 5:12 (1958)
  45. The String 10:01 (1958)
  46. Cleveland Blues 12:02 (1958)
  47. B.W. Blues 11:37 (1958)
  48. Blues for Bags 10:39 (1958)
  49. New York Blues 3:58 (1959)
  50. Giuff 2:58 (1959)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Afternoon in Paris 3:03 Jay Jay Johnson's Be-Boppers (1951) tenor saxophone
  2. Elora 3:06 J.J. Johnson (1951) tenor saxophone
  3. After You're Gone 2:29 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  4. There'll Never Be Another You 2:34 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  5. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:42 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  6. Our Very Own 3:09 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  7. Later 3:01 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  8. Ain't Misbehavin' 3:02 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  9. Stairway to the Stars 3:18 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  10. Blazin' 3:25 Sonny Stitt (1952) saxophone
  11. S.O.S. 8:01 Sonny Stitt & Eddie Davis (1955) tenor saxophone
  12. I Can't Get Started 7:28 Sonny Stitt & Eddie Davis (1955) tenor saxophone
  13. Jaws 10:06 Sonny Stitt & Eddie Davis (1955) tenor saxophone
  14. Marchin' 8:52 Sonny Stitt & Eddie Davis (1955) tenor saxophone
  15. All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm 3:00 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  16. Sonny's Tune 5:33 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  17. I Know That You Know 4:28 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  18. Blue Mode 3:46 J.J. Johnson (1956) tenor saxophone
  19. If I Had You 6:18 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  20. Mean to Me 6:30 The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) saxophone, alto saxophone
  21. Fine and Dandy (take 1) 2:44 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (1956) tenor saxophone
  22. Fine and Dandy (take 2) 2:42 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (1956) tenor saxophone
  23. Strike Up the Band 3:28 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (1956) tenor saxophone
  24. Tour de Force 11:39 The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) saxophone, alto saxophone
  25. Norman’s Blues 2:40 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  26. Alone Together 4:53 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  27. Twelfth Street Rag 3:33 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  28. Down Home Blues 5:13 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  29. Stars Fell on Alabama 4:11 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  30. Body and Soul 4:32 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  31. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 4:37 Sonny Stitt Quartet (1956) saxophone
  32. Teapot 3:03 Sonny Stitt (1956) tenor saxophone
  33. Dizzy Meets Sonny 7:59 The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) saxophone
  34. Ballad Medley: Old Folks / What's New / How Deep Is the Ocean? 7:16 The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) saxophone
  35. Blues for Bird 9:08 The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) saxophone
  36. Sonnyside 2:23 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  37. Bud’s Blues 2:36 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  38. Sunset 3:49 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  39. Taking a Chance on Love 2:35 Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Quartet (1956) tenor saxophone
  40. Blue Mode 2:50 Sonny Stitt (1956) tenor saxophone
  41. Cool Mambo 2:40 Sonny Stitt (1957) tenor saxophone
  42. Blue Mambo 2:25 Sonny Stitt (1957) tenor saxophone
  43. P.S., I Love You 3:00 Sonny Stitt (1957) saxophone
  44. Imagination 3:24 Sonny Stitt (1957) tenor saxophone
  45. Can't We Be Friends 2:41 Sonny Stitt (1957) tenor saxophone
  46. Bebop 12:35 Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz / Sonny Stitt (1957) alto saxophone
  47. Dark Eyes 11:57 Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz / Sonny Stitt (1957) alto saxophone
  48. Wee (Allen's Alley) 8:21 Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz / Sonny Stitt (1957) alto saxophone
  49. Lover, Come Back to Me 9:24 Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz / Sonny Stitt (1957) alto saxophone
  50. This Can't Be Love 2:47 Sonny Stitt (1957) saxophone

Credited as (139)

  1. Sonny Stitt
  2. Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson
  3. Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
  4. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Stan Getz
  5. The Oscar Peterson Trio with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt & Jo Jones
  6. Sonny Stitt & Jack McDuff
  7. Sonny Stitt & The Bebop Boys
  8. Sonny Stitt (tenor, alto sax) feat. Barry Harris (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), Tony Williams (drums),Walter Davis (piano)
  9. Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt
  10. Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway
  11. Sonny Stitt & Bennie Green
  12. Milt Jackson & Sonny Stitt
  13. Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims
  14. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Sonny Stitt
  15. Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves
  16. Sonny Stitt & Sal Salvador
  17. Joe Turner with Pee Wee Crayton and Sonny Stitt
  18. Miles Davis / Sonny Stitt
  19. Sonny Stitt & Barry Harris
  20. Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins
  21. Sonny Stitt and His Be-Bop Boys
  22. Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell Quartet
  23. Dizzy Gillespie with Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins
  24. Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
  25. Bud Powell & The Bebop Boys feat. Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt & Kenny Clarke
  26. Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz / Sonny Stitt
  27. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins
  28. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
  29. Sonny Stitt & Eddie Davis
  30. Gene Ammons feat. Sonny Stitt
  31. Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff
  32. Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff
  33. Sonny Stitt feat. Idris Muhammad
  34. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding, Al McKibbon, Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk
  35. Buddy DeSylva, Jerome Kern; Sonny Stitt
  36. George Shearing, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell
  37. Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell & J.J. Johnson
  38. Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson
  39. Sonny Stitt With Booker Ervin & Don Patterson
  40. Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt
  41. Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt
  42. Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
  43. Ammons & Stitt
  44. Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding
  45. Sonny Stitt & Harry “Sweets” Edison & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  46. Sonny Stitt, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Harry “Sweets” Edison
  47. Sonny Stitt, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  48. Sonny Stitt with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
  49. Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding, Art Blakey & Al McKibbon
  50. Sonny Stitt with Quincy Jones
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Works (26)

Wrote

  1. Boppin’ a Riff
  2. Cafe

Composed

  1. 'Nother Fu'ther
  2. Blues for Rose
  3. Soul Shack
  4. Hairy
  5. Shadows
  6. Blue Devil Blues
  7. Blues At This Tempo
  8. Pam Ain't Blue
  9. Ringin' In
  10. When Sonny Gets Blue
  11. Loose Walk
  12. Thirty-Three, Ninety-Six
  13. Answering Service
  14. 12!
  15. Unidentified
  16. Eternal Triangle
  17. Sonnyside
  18. Blues Up and Down
  19. Home Free Blues
  20. A Blues Offering
  21. Hymnal Blues
  22. Morning After Blues
  23. Just Knock on My Door
  24. Happy Faces

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Sonny Stitt at Chick 'n' Deli

Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900076c
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84132593
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84132593
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6br8zgd
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/345463
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/131606476

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/223256

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/135930

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000044290

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830620/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/4907345

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502311

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/217b0uqAzsOOhGcnoANZqj
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/58326

Bandcamp

  1. https://sonnystitt.bandcamp.com/

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/15293