Sonny Stitt - Kaleidoscope

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1950
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:38
Size: 104,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:35)  1. Stitt's It
(2:38)  2. Cool Mambo
(2:25)  3. Blue Mambo
(2:28)  4. Sonny Sounds
(3:03)  5. Ain't Misbehavin'
(3:01)  6. Later
(3:01)  7. P.S. I Love You
(2:48)  8. This Can't Be Love
(3:26)  9. Imagination
(2:33) 10. Cherokee
(2:41) 11. Can't We Be Friends
(2:47) 12. Liza
(3:00) 13. To Think You've Chosen Me
(2:29) 14. After You've Gone
(3:09) 15. Our Very Own
(2:26) 16. S'wonderful

Deftly handling the alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, bebop giant Sonny Stitt is heard to perfection here on a variety of early-'50s dates. Stitt not only shows off his patented speed throughout, but he goes a long way in dispelling criticisms of him being all fire and no grace. The 16-track disc kicks off with four tight, Latin-tinged swingers featuring an octet that includes trumpeter Joe Newman and timbales player Humberto Morales. Switching to piano quartet mode for the bulk of the disc, Stitt ranges effortlessly from frenetic blasts ("Cherokee") to golden-hued ballads ("Imagination"). Capping off the set with four bonus cuts featuring the likes of Gene Ammons and Junior Mance, Stitt delivers one of the top sets of performances from the late bebop era. ~ Stephen Cook http://www.allmusic.com/album/kaleidoscope-mw0000272732

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Larry Townsend (vocals); Gene Ammons (baritone saxophone); Joe Newman , John Hunt , Bill Massey (trumpet); Matthew Gee (trombone); John Houston, Charles Bateman, Junior Mance, Kenny Drew (piano); Wesley Landers, Art Blakey, Shadow Wilson, Teddy Stewart (drums); Humberto Morales (timbales).

Kaleidoscope

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