Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass

Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]

Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedJuly 16 & 17, 1962
New York City
GenreJazz
Length35:23
LabelAtlantic
1395
ProducerAhmet Ertegun
Sonny Stitt chronology
Stitt in Orbit
(1962)
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
(1963)
Rearin' Back
(1962)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat     [2]
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated "The charts give this Stitt album more variety than usual, and the superior material challenges the saxophonist to play at his best".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Souls Valley" (Richard Carpenter) – 4:31
  2. "Coquette" (Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo) – 3:18
  3. "On a Misty Night" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:04
  4. "Stittsie" – 5:55
  5. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 3:06
  6. "Boom-Boom" (Jimmy Mundy) – 2:38
  7. "See See Rider" (traditional) – 4:52
  8. "The Four Ninety" (Dameron) – 4:01
  9. "Hey Pam" – 2:58
  • Recorded in New York City on July 16 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8) and July 17 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), 1962

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records Discography accessed December 24, 2012
  2. ^ Down Beat: February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 24, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.