Parallel-a-Stitt

Parallel-a-Stitt
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released 1967
Recorded 1967
Genre Jazz
Label Roulette
SR-25354
Producer Henry Glover
Sonny Stitt chronology
Deuces Wild
(1966)
Parallel-a-Stitt
(1967)
Made for Each Other
(1968)

Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label.[1] The album represents Stitt's third featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

  1. "Hello George" - 3:25
  2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington) - 5:02
  3. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 4:27
  4. "Because It's Love" - 2:35
  5. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:40
  6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:18
  7. "Chinatown My Chinatown" (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) - 3:45
  8. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:09
  9. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:45

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 1 accessed January 4, 2013
  2. Myers, M. Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux, All About Jazz, December 20, 2011
  3. 1 2 Allmusic Review, accessed January 8, 2012
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