Sonny Stitt
Plays Arrangements From The Pen Of Quincy Jones (LP)
LabelRoyal RoostGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (records/cover): NM / VG+ (yellowing on back)
Gatefold sleeve. Insert and obi included.
Mid-fifties, and a very young Quincy Jones writes a set of charts for one of the fastest saxophonists alive. The pairing works better than it might: Jones' arranging at this stage was tight, brass-forward and built to swing rather than to impress, and it gives Sonny Stitt a frame to push against instead of the endless blowing-session format he usually operated in. Stitt responds by playing with a bit more shape and rather less filler than on the jam dates. A minor record in both discographies and a genuinely enjoyable one.
Japanese Royal Roost pressing. Quincy before Hollywood, Stitt before the reputation calcified.
Release notes
Recorded September 30 & October 17, 1955 NYC.
| A1 | My Funny Valentine | 3:26 | |
| A2 | Sonny's Bunny | 3:55 | |
| A3 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | 4:18 | |
| A4 | Love Walked In | 3:58 | |
| B1 | If You Could See Me Now | 4:20 | |
| B2 | Quince | 6:55 | |
| B3 | Star Dust | 3:03 | |
| B4 | Lover | 3:20 |
- Sonny Stitt
- Alto Saxophone
- Quincy Jones
- Arranged By
- Cecil Payne
- Baritone Saxophone
- Oscar Pettiford
- Bass
- Jo Jones
- Drums
- Anthony Ortega
- Flute, Alto Saxophone
- Freddie Green
- Guitar
- Hank Jones
- Piano
- Seldon Powell
- Tenor Saxophone
- J.J. Johnson
- Trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland
- Trombone
- Ernie Royal
- Trumpet
- Jimmy Nottingham
- Trumpet
- Joe Newman
- Trumpet
- Thad Jones
- Trumpet
