Low Flame

1962 studio album by Sonny Stitt

Low Flame

Studio album by

Sonny Stitt

Released

1962

Recorded

April 4, 1962
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Label

Jazzland
JLP 71

Producer

Orrin Keepnews

Sonny Stitt chronology

Feelin's
(1962)

Low Flame
(1962)

Stitt in Orbit
(1960-62)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Low Flame is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated: "This small combo jazz fits between Bebop and soul-jazz, dominated by group-penned material. Stitt gets an especially smoky tone on the ballads, particularly on the title track".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

"Low Flame" - 4:59
"Put Your Little Foot Right Out" (Larry Spier) - 5:25
"Cynthia Sue" (Paul Weeden) - 6:02
"Donald Duck" (Don Patterson) - 4:40
"Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 3:43
"Silly Billy" - 4:58
"Baby, Do You Ever Think of Me" - 2:55
"Fine and Dandy" (Paul James, Kay Swift) - 7:56

Personnel

Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone - on 1,2 and 6
Don Patterson - organ
Paul Weeden - guitar
Billy James - drums

References

^ ^a ^b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed December 24, 2012
^ Jazzland Records discography accessed December 24, 2012

Sonny Stitt

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As
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)

And
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)

With
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)

With
Don
Patterson

Patterson's People (1964)
Tune Up! (1964–69)
The Boss Men (1965)
Funk You! (1968)
Brothers-4 (1969)
Donny Brook (1969)

With
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)

v t e Don Patterson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Goin' Down Home (1963) The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (with Booker Ervin, 1964) Hip Cake Walk (with Booker Ervin, 1964) Patterson's People (with Sonny Stitt and Bookler Ervin, 1964) Holiday Soul (1964) Tune Up! (1964–69) Satisfaction! (1965) The Boss Men (with Sonny Stitt and Billy Jones, 1965) Soul Happening! (1966) Mellow Soul (1967) Four Dimensions (1967) Boppin' & Burnin' (1968) Opus De Don (1968) Funk You! (1968) Oh Happy Day (1969) Brothers-4 (with Sonny Stitt, 1969) Donny Brook (with Sonny Stitt, 1969) The Return of Don Patterson/The Genius of the B-3 (1972) These Are Soulful Days (1973) Movin' Up! (1977) Why Not... (1978)
With Sonny Stitt	Boss Tenors in Orbit! (and Gene Ammons, 1962) Feelin's (1962) Low Flame (1962) Shangri-La (1964) Soul People (and Booker Ervin, 1964–69) Night Crawler (1965) Parallel-a-Stitt (1967) Soul Electricity! (1968) Black Vibrations (1969)
With others	I Only Have Eyes for You (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962) Trackin' (1962) Introducing Eric Kloss (1965) Love and All That Jazz (Eric Kloss, 1966)