What's New!!!

What's New!!! (subtitled Sonny Stitt Plays the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Roulette label. The album represents Stitt's first recorded use of the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.

What's New!!!
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1966
Recorded	June 1966
Genre	Jazz
Label	Roulette SR-25343
Producer	Henry Glover
Sonny Stitt chronology
Soul in the Night (1966) What's New!!! (1966) I Keep Comin' Back! (1966)

Reception

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

What's New!!! reached number 172 on the Billboard 200 in April 1967 and number 16 on the Jazz Albums chart. Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 2:20
2. "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 3:55
3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 6:06
4. "Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:28
5. "Georgia" (Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 4:11
6. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) - 2:10
7. "Morgan's Song" - 2:31
8. "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) - 2:05
9. "Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:12
10. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:17
11. "If I Didn't Care" (Jack Lawrence) - 4:50
12. "The Beastly Blues" - 4:50

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, varitone
• Joe Wilder, Eddie Preston - trumpet
• J. J. Johnson - trombone
• Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
• George Berg - baritone saxophone
• Billy Taylor, Ellis Larkins - piano
• Wild Bill Davis, Ernie Hayes - organ
• Mike Mainieri - vibraphone
• Les Spann - guitar
• Jan Arnet, George Duvivier - bass
• Walter Perkins - drums