Saxophone Supremacy

1961 studio album by The Sonny Stitt Quartet
Saxophone Supremacy
Studio album by
The Sonny Stitt Quartet
Released1961
RecordedDecember 21 & 23, 1959
StudioRadio Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
MG V-8377
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues
(1959) 		Saxophone Supremacy
(1961) 		Sonny Stitt Swings the Most
(1959)

Saxophone Supremacy is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat[2]
AllMusic[3]

Ken Dryden for AllMusic stated, "Sonny Stitt had a difficult time coming out from under the shadow of Charlie Parker, even though Stitt's approach to playing the alto sax was only partially similar to the late giant".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt, except as indicated.

  1. "I Cover The Waterfront" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) - 3:14
  2. "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 7:41
  3. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger) - 3:54
  4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:48
  5. "All Of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 3:02
  6. "Two Bad Days Blues" - 4:43
  7. "It's You Or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:31
  8. "Blue Smile" - 4:00
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (track 6 & 8) and December 23 (tracks 1-5 & 7), 1959

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012
  2. ^ DownBeat: March 2, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 5
  3. ^ a b Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed December 21, 2012
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