New York Jazz

New York Jazz
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1956
Recorded September 14, 1956
Fine Sound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 46:00
Label Verve
MGV 8219
Producer Norman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Plays
(1955)Sonny Stitt Plays1955		 New York Jazz
(1956)		 For Musicians Only
(1956)For Musicians Only1956
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

New York Jazz is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Verve label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a good session, but like all of Stitt's records, wears thin after about six cuts".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Norman's Blues " – 2:43
  2. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:29
  3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 6:19
  4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:54
  5. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) – 3:34
  6. "Down Home Blues (Funky Blues)" – 5:13
  7. "Sonny's Tune" – 5:32
  8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:11
  9. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:31
  10. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:37

Personnel

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 3, 2013
  2. ↑ Verve Records Discography accessed January 3, 2013
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