#sonny stitt

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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt sharing a kiss, Burt Goldblatt.

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Sonny Stitt on his saxophone, 1953.

Photo: Herman Leonard via Jackson Fine Art

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Sonny Stitt, New York City, 1953

Photo by Herman Leonard

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1960 - Miles Davis Quintet - The Minor Key - Detroit

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Stitt (sax), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (dr)

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SONNY STITT, IN STUDIO!

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"Clifford Brown & Max Roach:" A Landmark Jazz Album

Introduction: Released in early December 1954, the album “Clifford Brown & Max Roach��� by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet stands as a monumental achievement in the jazz world. This recording is often hailed as one of the finest examples of bebop, capturing the essence of a genre that was rapidly evolving and gaining popularity during the 1950s. The album not only showcases the…

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I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Remembering the great saxophonist Sonny Stitt (Feb. 2, 1924--July 22, 1982) on the centennial of his birth.

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Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, and Jay Jay Johnson, 1956.

Cover artwork by Don Martin.

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SONNY SIDE UP

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JK in the Jazz Age

I'm getting a forties and fifties jazz club vibe from this shoot rather than the perhaps intended 1920s jazz age. Come with JK back to the smokey New York basement bars of the time where the brightest stars in the jazz firmament were at the peak of their powers.

"Sonny Stitt, NYC," 1953.

This photo of JK does something to me. A waistcoat is such a sexy article of clothing, and one that both guys and dolls look hot in.

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"Ella Fitzgerald, NYC, 1948"

"Louis Armstrong, NYC, 1950"

Miles Davis, NYC, 1953

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Post Date: 26/09/2023

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AllMusic Staff Pick: Sonny Stitt  Kaleidoscope 

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.

- Stephen Cook

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Sonny Stitt

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1964 - Paris Jazz Festival (Newport à Paris) - Salle Pleyel

Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, George Russell, Sonny Stitt, J.J. Johnson, George Wein, ...

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Sonny Stitt (1953), by Herman Leonard

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