Forecast: Sonny & Red is an album by American jazz saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Red Holloway featuring performances recorded in 1976 for the Catalyst label.[1]

Forecast: Sonny & Red
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1976
Sage & Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
GenreJazz
LabelCatalyst
CAT-7608
ProducerPat Britt
Sonny Stitt chronology
Stomp Off Let's Go
(1976)
Forecast: Sonny & Red
(1976)
I Remember Bird
(1976)
Red Holloway chronology
Red Soul
(1965)
Forecast: Sonny & Red
(1976)
Hittin' the Road Again
(1982)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic     [2]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Sonny Stitt and Red Holloway make a perfect team on this exciting jam session record... Holloway was able to keep up with the combative Stitt and the fireworks are well worth savoring".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 5:20
  2. "Forecast: Sonny & Red" (Art Hillery) - 4:50
  3. "You Don't Know What Love Is/I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Gene de Paul, Don Ray/George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 10:45
  4. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:42
  5. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 6:20
  6. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Bronisław Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn) - 4:00

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Catalyst Records 7600 series discography accessed April 29, 2016
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Forecast: Sonny & Red – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2016.