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Sonny Stitt

Real Name:
Edward Stitt
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Born: February 2, 1924, Boston, Massachusets, U.S.A.
Died: July 22, 1982, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Sonny Stitt established himself on the American jazz scene in the 60's before making an impact on the UK jazz funk scene during the mid-70's.

Prior to these recordings, Sonny Stitt recorded in the 40's for Tiny Bradshaws band.
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Discography

Releases:
Imagination (Shellac, 10")   Prestige 1950
For Musicians Only (2 versions)   Verve Records 1957
Blows The Blues (LP)   Verve Records 1961
'Nother Fu'ther (7")   Prestige 1962
'Nuther Fu'ther (LP)   Prestige 1962
Rearin' Back (LP)   Argo Records 1962
Salt And Pepper (Album) (2 versions)   Impulse! ... 1963
Summer Special (7")   World Pacific 1963
Soul Shack (7")   Prestige 1964
Night Crawler (7")   Prestige 1965
Soul In The Night (LP)   Cadet Records 1966
Stardust (Part I) / Stardust (Part II) (7", Single)   Roulette Records 1966
What's New!!! Sonny Stitt Plays The Varitone (LP, Album)   Roulette Records 1966
Pow! (LP)   Prestige 1967
We'll Be Together Again (LP, Album)   Prestige 1968
You Talk That Talk! (LP)   Prestige 1971
Black Vibrations (LP)   Prestige 1972
The Best Of/For Lovers (LP)   Prestige 1972
Tune-Up! (LP)   Cobblestone 1972
Mr. Bojangles (LP)   Cadet Records 1973
Soul People (LP, Album, RE)   Prestige 1973
Satan / Will You Love Me Tomorrow (7")   Cadet Records 1974
In Walked Sonny (LP, Album)   Sonet 1975
Never Can Say Goodbye (LP)   Cadet Records 1975
The Bop Session (Album) (2 versions)   Sonet ... 1975
Theme From The Godfather II (7", Promo)   Cadet Records 1975
Forecast: Sonny & Red (LP, Album)   Catalyst Records (3) 1976
Our Delight (LP, Album)   Vedette Records 1976
Stitt Plays Bird (2 versions)   Atlantic 1976
Stomp Off Let's Go (LP, Album)   Flying Dutchman 1976
Together Again For The Last Time (LP, Album)   Prestige 1976
Dizzy Meets Sonny: The Modern Jazz Sextet (LP, Album, RE, Promo)   Verve Records 1979
Bop Fathers "In Paris" (LP)   Lotus Records 1980
Loose Walk (LP)   Cetra 1981
At Newport (LP)   Verve Records 1982
Sonny Stitt / Bud Powell / J.J. Johnson (CD, Album, RM)   Prestige, Original Jazz Classics 1990
Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago 1961 (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1992
Kaleidoscope (CD, Album, RM)   Prestige 1992
Legends Of Acid Jazz (CD)   Prestige 1996
Dimensions Of Sax (3xCD)   New Jazz Language 1999
The Modern Jazz Sextet (CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)   Verve Records 1999
American Jazz & Blues History Vol. 183: Sonny's Blues (LP)   Tobacco Road  
Down With It / Mean To Me (Shellac, 10", Single)   Prestige  
I Keep Comin' Back! (LP, Album)   Roulette Records  
Little Green Apples / Beale Street Blues (7", Single)   Solid State Records (2)  
Loose Walk (Shellac, 10", Single)   Royal Roost  
Salt And Pepper (7")   Impulse!  
Shine On Harvest Moon (Shellac, 10")   Royal Roost  
Sonny Stitt (LP, RP)   Prestige, Fantasy  
Sony Stitt (12")   Argo  
Soul Summit (LP)   Prestige  
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (CD)   Ronnie Scott's Jazz House  
Why Do I Love You (Shellac, 10", Single)   Royal Roost  
Appears On:
If The Moon Turns Green / Can't We Be Friends (Shellac, 10") If The Moon Turns Gree... Prestige 1951
Birth Of A Band (LP) Happy Faces EmArcy 1959
A Jazz Message (Album) (3 versions)   Impulse! ... 1963
Flöte + Alt-Sax = Leo Wright (LP) Encore AMIGA 1966
Black Girl (Original Soundtrack) (LP) Black Girl Fantasy 1972
Newport In New York '72 - The Jam Sessions, Vols 3 And 4 (Album) (2 versions) Blue 'N' Boogie Cobblestone ... 1972
Newport In New York '72 - The Soul Sessions, Vol. 6 (LP, Album) Jelly Jelly Cobblestone, Buddah Records 1972
Loverman (LP)   Black Lion Records 1974
First Sessions 1949/50 (2xLP)   Prestige 1978
O.D. (Out 'Dere) (LP) Deuces Wild Greyforrest Records 1980
Personal Appearance (LP, Mono, RE)   Verve Records 1982
Small Combos (LP) Oop Bop Sh'bam, One Ba... Giants Of Jazz 1985
Anything Goes: The Cole Porter Songbook - Instrumentals (CD) Easy To Love Verve Records 1992
The Beat Generation (3xCD + Box) Oop-Bop-Sh-Bam Rhino Records (2) 1992
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Masters 10 (CD, Comp) Con Alma Verve Records 1993
Jazz Trumpet (5xCD)   Jazz World 1994
The Prestige Soul/Jazz Encyclopedia Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Nother Fu'ther, Nother... Prestige 1994
The Verve Story: 1944 - 1994 (4xCD, Comp + Box) I Know That You Know, ... Verve Records 1994
Opus De Bop (CD, RM, Ltd, Den) Be-Bop In Pastels Savoy Jazz 1996
Vive Le Jazz ! (2xCD, Comp) Things To Come Frémeaux & Associés 1997
1946-1947 (CD, Comp)   Classics Records 1998
Jazz For The Quiet Times (Comp) (2 versions) The Good Life 32 Jazz ... 1998
Our Love Is Here To Stay: Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin (CD, Comp) Oh, Lady, Be Good! Verve Records 1998
Jazz For When You're Alone (CD) Sweet And Lovely 32 Jazz 1999
Cool Jazz - New York 1947 - 1949 (2xCD, Comp) Afternoon In Paris Frémeaux & Associés 2000
Latino Blue (CD) Ritmo Bobo Blue Note 2000
The Quintessence . Stockholm - New York Paris 1938 - 1949 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2000
The Quintessence : New York 1944-1949 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2000
Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? (CD, Comp) You Talk That Talk Label M 2001
Just One Of Those Things (CD, Comp + Box)   TIM AG 2001
New York Jazz (CD)   Verve Records 2003
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) Bud's Blues Le Chant Du Monde 2003
The President's Men - Lester Young's Disciples (CD) Fine And Dandy Saga 2003
Cole Porter Songbook (CD, Comp, RM) Easy To Love Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Courage : The Atlantic Recordings (2xCD, RM, RE, Ltd) Pipin' The Blues Rhino Handmade 2006
Saxophone Ballads (CD, Comp, RM) Blues Greasy Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The Complete Live Recordings 1948-1955 (10xCD, Comp, RM + Box)   United Archives 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) Salt And Pepper Impulse! 2006
Sintetico (CD, Album) Eternal Triangle 33 Records 2007
'S Wonderful / The Thrill Of Your Kiss (Shellac, 10", Single)   Prestige  
Bud's Blues (Shellac, 10", Single)   Prestige  
Cool Blues (7", Single) Mr. Soon Fonogram (2)  
Fats Navarro Memorial - Theodore "Fats" Navarro 1923-1950 (Volume I) (10") Fat Boy - Part 1, Fat ... London Records  
Nevertheless (Shellac, 10", Single)   Prestige  
You Call It Madness (2xCD, Comp)   History  
Tracks Appear On:
First Sessions 1949/50 (2xLP) Fine And Dandy (Take 2) Prestige 1978
Invitation To Denon / PCM Digital Jazz (LP, Comp) Constellation Denon 1979
Night People (Cass, Comp) Cool Mambo New Musical Express 1984
Be Bop - 1945-1953 (CD, Comp) Oop Bop Sh' Bam Giants Of Jazz 1988
This Is Latin Jazz Volume 1 (LP, Comp) Baion Baby BGP Records 1989
Off The Wall - Essential Argo / Cadet Grooves (Comp) (2 versions) Slick Eddie Charly Records Ltd. 1991
Always There: The Essential Jazz Funk/Soulful Voices (CD, Comp) Acid Funk Reprise Victor Entertainment Japan 1992
Anything Goes: The Cole Porter Songbook - Instrumentals (CD) Easy To Love Verve Records 1992
Inside Out - Essential Argo/Cadet Grooves Vol. 4 (Comp) (2 versions) Blue Monsoon Charly Records Ltd. 1992
Something Black: The Essential Mo' Funky/Soul Jazz (CD, Comp) Acid Funk Reprise Victor Entertainment Japan 1992
The Best Of Latin Jazz (CD, Comp) Baion Baby BGP Records 1992
The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks (Box + 3xCD) Easy To Love Verve Records 1993
Jazz Dance Classics Volume Three (Comp) (2 versions) Turn It On Luv N' Haight 1994
The Prestige Soul/Jazz Encyclopedia Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Nother Fu'ther Prestige 1994
The Story So Far - Essential Argo / Cadet Grooves (CD, Album, Smplr) Slick Eddie Charly Records Ltd. 1994
The Verve Story: 1944 - 1994 (4xCD, Comp + Box) I Know That You Know, ... Verve Records 1994
Talkin' Verve (Comp) (2 versions) Blues Greasy Verve Records 1995
The Black Box Of Jazz (4xCD, Car) Sonny's Blues, Old Folks Castle Communications, Castle Communications, Castle Communications, Castle Communications 1995
Mod Jazz (CD, Comp) Soul Shack Kent Records 1996
Jazz For The Quiet Times (Comp) (2 versions) The Good Life 32 Jazz ... 1998
Pulp Fusion: Revenge Of The Ghetto Grooves (2 versions) Slick Eddie Harmless 1998
Jazz For When You're Alone (CD) Sweet And Lovely 32 Jazz 1999
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Dizzy Gillespie (CD, Comp) The Eternal Triangle Verve Records 2000
Latino Blue (CD) Ritmo Bobo Blue Note 2000
Les Triomphes Du Jazz (Box, Ltd + 20xCD, Comp, RM, Car) Serenade To A Square Habana, JBM 2000
The Hipster (CD, Comp) Moonlight In Vermont Drive (2) 2000
80th Birthday Celebration (3xCD) Slits, Bebop Blues Fantasy 2002
"From Latin... To Jazz Dance" Vol. 1 (CD, Comp, Dig) Little Red Suede Shoes Rare Groove Recordings 2003
Giants Of Jazz - Standards (CD) Everything Happens To Me Savoy Jazz 2003
The Rare Tunes Collection "From Latin... To Jazz Dance" - Vol. 3 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Dig) Soul Shock Rare Groove Recordings 2003
Simply Jazz (4xCD) Dig Dr Woody Simply 2004
Triumphs Of Jazz (20xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box) Serenade To A Square Habana 2004
Basquiat Salutes Jazz (CD) Cherokee Prestige 2005
Jazz (3xCD, Comp + Box) Just Friends Ringo 2005
Prestige Profiles Volume 10 (CD, Comp) You Talk That Talk Prestige 2005
The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Box, Comp, 168) 1949-1952 Membran Music Ltd. 2005
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Set 25/42 (4xCD, Sif) Elora (1949-10-17), A... Membran Music Ltd. 2005
Cole Porter Songbook (CD, Comp, RM) Easy To Love Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
First Class Jazz - Dizzy Gillespie (CD) After Hours EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
Saxophone Ballads (CD, Comp, RM) Blues Greasy Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) Salt And Pepper Impulse! 2006
Gilles Peterson In The House (2xCD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp, Dig) Slick Eddie ITH Records 2008
Gilles Peterson In The House LP2 (2xLP, Comp) Slick Eddie ITH Records 2008
Jazz Signatures (CD, Comp) On The Sunny Side Of T... Starbucks Entertainment, Universal Music Special Markets 2008
Fusion Phew 2 (CD, Comp) Slick Eddie Elevate  
The Sound Of Jazz (CD) Sonny's Blues Cotton Fields  
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