Saxophone Supremacy is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.[1]
| Saxophone Supremacy | ||||
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| Studio album by The Sonny Stitt Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | December 21 & 23, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve MG V-8377 | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
editAll compositions by Sonny Stitt, except as indicated.
- "I Cover The Waterfront" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) - 3:14
- "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 7:41
- "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger) - 3:54
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:48
- "All Of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 3:02
- "Two Bad Days Blues" - 4:43
- "It's You Or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:31
- "Blue Smile" - 4:00
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 21 (track 6 & 8) and December 23 (tracks 1-5 & 7), 1959
Personnel
edit- Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone
- Lou Levy - piano
- Leroy Vinnegar - bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
References
edit- ^ Verve Records Discography, accessed December 21, 2012
- ^ DownBeat: March 2, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 5
- ^ a b Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed December 21, 2012