Dumpy Mama
1975 studio album by Sonny Stitt
| Dumpy Mama | ||||
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| Studio album by Sonny Stitt | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:20 | |||
| Label | RCA/Flying Dutchman BDL 1-1197 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
| Sonny Stitt chronology | ||||
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Dumpy Mama is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt, featuring performances recorded in 1975 for the Flying Dutchman label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated, "The playing is up to par if not overly memorable".[2]
Track listing
- "Jason" (Sonny Stitt) - 7:30
- "Danny Boy for Ben" (Traditional) - 4:15
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:16
- "Dumpy Mama" (Oliver Nelson) - 10:05
- "It Might As Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 7:00
Personnel
- Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, arranger
- Frank Strozier - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
- Pee Wee Ellis - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
- Mike Wofford - piano
- Brian Torff - bass (tracks 1 & 3-5)
- Shelly Manne - drums (tracks 1 & 3-5)
- Ray Armando - Latin percussion (track 1, 3 & 4)
References
- ^ Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed April 29, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Dumpy Mama – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader or
co-leader
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- Stitt's Bits (1950)
- Kaleidoscope (1950–52)
- Jazz at the Hi-Hat (1954)
- The Battle of Birdland (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1954)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
- Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
- New York Jazz (1956)
- For Musicians Only (with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, 1956)
- 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c.1956/57)
- Only the Blues (1957)
- Personal Appearance (1957)
- Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
- Burnin' (1958)
- Sonny Stitt (1958)
- The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (1958)
- A Little Bit of Stitt (1959)
- Saxophone Supremacy (1959)
- Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959)
- Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Verve, 1959)
- Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959)
- The Hard Swing (1959)
- The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959)
- Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960)
- Sonny Side Up (Roost, 1960)
- Stittsville (1960)
- Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
- Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge (1961)
- The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961)
- Feelin's (1962)
- Low Flame (1962)
- Rearin' Back (1962)
- Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
- Stitt Meets Brother Jack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962)
- Move on Over (1963)
- My Mother's Eyes (1963)
- Now! (1963)
- Primitivo Soul! (1963)
- Salt and Pepper (and Paul Gonsalves, 1963)
- Soul Shack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963)
- Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
- Stitt Plays Bird (1963)
- My Main Man (and Bennie Green, 1964)
- Shangri-La (with Don Patterson, 1964)
- Sax Expressions (1965)
- Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's (with Dick Morrissey, 1965)
- Soul People (with Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69)
- Broadway Soul (1965)
- Inter-Action (and Zoot Sims, 1965)
- Night Crawler (with Don Patterson, 1965)
- Pow! (with Bennie Green, 1965)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (1965)
- Deuces Wild (1966)
- I Keep Comin' Back! (1966)
- Soul in the Night (and Bunky Green, 1966)
- What's New!!! (1966)
- Parallel-a-Stitt (1967)
- Little Green Apples (1968)
- Soul Electricity! (1968)
- Come Hither (1969)
- Night Letter (1969)
- Black Vibrations (1971)
- Turn It On! (1971)
- 12! (1972)
- Constellation (1972)
- Goin' Down Slow (1972)
- Tune-Up! (1972)
- Mr. Bojangles (1973)
- The Champ (1973)
- Satan (1974)
- Blues for Duke (1975)
- Dumpy Mama (1975)
- Mellow (1975)
- My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975)
- Forecast: Sonny & Red (with Red Holloway, 1976)
- I Remember Bird (1978)
- Stomp Off Let's Go (1976)
- Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)
- In Style (1981)
- The Last Sessions (1982)
Gene
Ammons
- All Star Sessions (1950–55)
- Dig Him! (1961)
- Boss Tenors (1961)
- Boss Tenors in Orbit! (1962)
- Soul Summit (with "Brother"Jack McDuff, 1962)
- You Talk That Talk! (1971)
- God Bless Jug and Sonny (1973)
- Left Bank Encores (1973)
- Together Again for the Last Time (1973)
Dizzy
Gillespie
- The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)
- Duets (1957)
- The Giants of Jazz (with Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Kai Winding, 1971)
- The Bop Session (1975)
Don
Patterson
- Patterson's People (1964)
- Tune Up! (1964–69)
- The Boss Men (1965)
- Funk You! (1968)
- Brothers-4 (1969)
- Donny Brook (1969)
others
- A Jazz Message (with Art Blakey, 1963)
- In Walked Sonny (with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1975)
- The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957)
