Jazz at the Hi-Hat

1955 live album by Sonny Stitt
Jazz at the Hi-Hat
Live album by
Sonny Stitt
Released1955
RecordedFebruary 11, 1954
VenueThe Hi-Hat, Boston, Massachusetts
GenreJazz
LabelRoost
RLP 418
ProducerTeddy Reig
Sonny Stitt chronology
Kaleidoscope
(1950-52) 		Jazz at the Hi-Hat
(1955) 		The Battle of Birdland
(1954)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Jazz at the Hi-Hat is a live album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in Boston in 1954 and originally released on the Roost label as a four track 10 inch LP.[2] The original album has been expanded with additional material and released on CD in two volumes.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "this CD gives one a good all-around sampling of early Sonny Stitt".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

Volume 1:

  1. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 3:08
  2. "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
  3. "Every Tub" (Basie, Eddie Durham)
  4. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston)
  5. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 5:00 additional track on CD release
  6. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:43 additional track on CD release
  7. "Tri–Horn Blues" additional track on CD release
  8. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:43 additional track on CD release
  9. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 5:04 additional track on CD release
  10. "Wigwam" – 2:53 additional track on CD release
  11. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) additional track on CD release
  12. "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) – 3:14 additional track on CD release

Volume 2:

  1. "S.O.S. (Columbus Avenue Rhythm)" – 8:06
  2. "Rockin' at the Hi-Hat" – 2:23
  3. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) – 3:14
  4. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:24
  5. "Lover" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:04
  6. "Flying Home" (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) – 2:55
  7. "Mass Ave. Swing" – 2:29
  8. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 2:10
  9. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Durham) – 12:22
  10. "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) – 4:16
  11. "Baritone Blues" – 4:01
  12. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 6:10
  13. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 3:53
  14. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 1:59
  15. "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) – 2:42

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 2, 2013
  2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 2, 2013
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