Previously Unreleased Recordings

Previously Unreleased Recordings is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington which was originally recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label in 1973. Norman Granz probably didn't want it released during Johnny Hodges's lifetime and even here it is not billed as an Ellington tribute. On CD it can be found on Import as part of Rearin' Back / Tribute To Duke Ellington [1]

Previously Unreleased Recordings
Studio album by
Sonny Stitt
Released1973
RecordedJune 20, 1960
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
V6-8837
ProducerCreed Taylor
Sonny Stitt chronology
Stittsville
(1960)		 Previously Unreleased Recordings
(1973)		 Sonny Side Up
(1960)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "the results are typically swinging bop if not overly memorable. Stitt fans will want this one anyway".[2]

Track listing
  1. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 5:15
  2. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 7:00
  3. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) - 5:40
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 2:02
  5. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 4:33
  6. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 4:06
  7. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Russell) - 4:58
  8. "C Jam Blues" (Ellington) - 4:27
  9. "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Ellington, Mills) - 5:22

Personnel

References
  1. Verve Records Discography, accessed December 24, 2012
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 24, 2012
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