Sonny Stitt

9 DELUXE CD BOX

This project has been on Mosaic's wish list for many years, but when we started research on them in 1989, most of the master tapes were nowhere to be found. Then a recent reorganization of the Roulette tape vault in London turned up all the LP masters as well as many of the original session tapes. Sonny Stitt's Roost recordings have been among his finest and rarest, long sought-after and seldom reissued and we are delighted that they are finally available.

DISCOGRAPHY

(A) Sonny Stitt (ts), Fletcher Peck (p), John Simmons (b), Jo Jones (d)
NYC, November 20, 1952

(B) Sonny Stitt (as, ts-1) w/Johnny Richards' Orchestra: Don Elliott (mellophone), Kai Winding (tb), Sid Cooper (ts, picc), George Berg (bari), Horace Silver (p), Charles Mingus (b), Don Lamond (d).
Coastal Recording, NYC, March 18, 1953

(C) Sonny Stitt (as,ts-1) w/Johnny Richards' Orchestra: Don Elliott (mellophone), Kai Winding (tb), Jerry Sanfino (ts, picc), George Berg (bari), Al Williams (p), Charles Mingus (b), Jo Jones (d),  Santos or Luis Miranda (cga).
Fulton Studios, NYC, November 16, 1953

(D) Sonny Stitt (as) w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra: Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Anthony Ortega (fl, as), Seldon Powell (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Jo Jones (d).
NYC, September 30, 1955

(E) Sonny Stitt (as) w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra: Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Anthony Ortega (fl, as), Seldon Powell (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Jo Jones (d).
NYC, October 9, 1955

(F) Sonny Stitt (as), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Shadow Wilson (d).
Capitol Studios, NYC, December 15, 1955

(G) same as F except omit Green:
Capitol Studios, NYC, probably December 16, 1955

(H) Sonny Stitt (as), Dolo Coker (p), Edgar Willis (b), Kenny Dennis (d).
Capitol Studios, NYC, late 1956 or January 23, 1957

(I) Sonny Stitt (as), Hank Jones (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Shadow Wilson (d).
Nola's Penthouse Sound, NYC, August 30, 1957

(J) Sonny Stitt (as, ts-1), Jimmy Jones (p), unknown (b), Charlie Persip (d).
Nola's Penthouse Sound, NYC, April 2, 1958

(K) Sonny Stitt (as, ts-1), Jimmy Jones (p), probably Aaron Bell (b), Charlie Persip (d).
Nola Studios, NYC, April 10. 1959

(L) Sonny Stitt (as,ts-1), Jimmy Jones (p), unknown (b), Roy Haynes (d).
NYC, September 21, 1959

(M) Sonny Stitt (as, ts-1), Jimmy Jones (p), unknown (b), Roy Haynes (d).
NYC, June or July, 1960

(N) Sonny Stitt (as,ts-1), Jimmy Jones (p), probably Aaron Bell (b), Roy Haynes (d).
Bell Sound, NYC, August 8, 1960

(O) Sonny Stitt (as,ts-1), Don Patterson (org), Paul Weeden (g), Billy James (d).
NYC, February-April 1962

(P) Sonny Stitt (as,ts-1), Hank Jones (p), possibly Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (d).
NYC , February-June 1962

(Q) Sonny Stitt (as,ts-1), Thad Jones (tp), Chick Corea (p), Larry Gales (b), Willie Bobo (d), Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga, bgo), Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez (cowbell, maracas, jawbone).
A & R Studios, NYC, November 6, 1963

(R) Sonny Stitt (as), Harold Mabern (p), Ben Tucker (b), Roy Haynes (d).
Bell Sound, NYC, April 14, 1965

TRACKS:

DISC ONE
01. Sancho Panza (B)
02. Sweet And Lovely (B)
03. If I Could Be With You (B)
04. Hooke's Tours (B)
05. Loose Walk (C)
06. Pink Satin (C)
07. Shine On Harvest Moon (C)
08. Opus 202 (C)
09. My Funny Valentine (D)
10. Lover (D)
11. Sonny's Bunny (D)
12. Love Walked In (D)
13. If You Could See Me Now (E)
14. Quince (E)
15. Come Rain Or Come Shine (E)
16. Star Dust (E)
17. Quince (alt tk) (E)
18. Come Rain Or Come Shine (alt tk) (E)
19. Star Dust (alt tk) (E)

DISC TWO
01. They Say It's Wonderful (A)
02. Why Do I Love You (A)
03. Symphony Hall Swing (A)
04. Sonny's Bunny (A)
05. They Say It's Wonderful (alt tk) (A)
06. Why Do I Love You (alt tk) (A)
07. Symphony Hall Swing (alt tk) (A)
08. Sonny's Bunny (alt tk) (A)
09. There Will Never Be Another You (F)
10. Yesterdays (F)
11. The Nearness Of You (F)
12. Biscuit Mix (F)
13. Afterwards (G)
14. If I Should Lose You (G)
15. Blues For Bobby (G)
16. My Melancholy Baby (G)
17. The Nearness Of You (alt tk) (F)
18. If I Should Lose You (alt tk) (G)

DISC THREE
01. What Is This Thing Called Love (H)
02. Sweet Georgia Brown (H)
03. Blues For Yard (H)
04. Harlem Nocturne (H)
05. Blue Moon (H)
06. Because Of You (H)
07. Windy Ride (H)
08. But Not For Me (H)
09. Scrapple From The Apple (H)
10. Sweet Georgia Brown (alt tk) (H)
11. Blues For Yard (alt tk 1) (H)
12. Blues For Yard (alt tk 2) (H)
13. Harlem Nocturne (alt tk) (H)

DISC FOUR
01. Cherokee (I)
02. Engos, The Bloos (I)
03. Body And Soul (I)
04. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (I)
05. The Best Things In Life Are Free (I)
06. People Will Say We're In Love (I)
07. Bloosey (I)
08. Bird's Eye (I)
09. It Might As Well Be Spring (I)
10. Engos, The Bloos (alt tk) (I)
11. People Will Say We're In Love (alt tk) (I)
12. It Might As Well Be Spring (alt tk) (I)

DISC FIVE
01. Happy Faces (J)
02. Am I Blue (J)
03. I'll Be Seeing You (J)
04. When You're Smiling (J)
05. In A Little Spanish Town (J)
06. Them There Eyes (J) )
07. Back In Your Own Back Yard (J)
08. Foot Tapper (J)
09. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (J)
10. Shadow Waltz (J)
11. Wind-up (J)
12. Star Eyes (K)
13. Laura (K)
14. J. B. Blues (K)
15. On A Slow Boat To China (K)
16. Cocktails For Two (K)
17. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (K)
18. When The Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along) (K)
19. Don't Take Your Love From Me
20. After The Late, Late Show (K)
21. For All We Know
22. Laura (alt tk) (K)
23. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (alt tk) (K)

DISC SIX
1. Day By Day (L)
2. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (L)
3. Red Top (L)
4. I Never Knew (L)
5. Skylark (L)
6. I'll Remember April (L)
7. Moonray (L)
8. Old Fashioned Blues (L)
9. Hitsburg (L)
10. Angel Eyes (M)
11. It All Depends On You (M)
12. Stormy Thursday (M)
13. Embraceable You (M)
14. It Could Happen To You (M)
15. But Not For Me (M)
16. Memories Of You (M)
17. I Cried For You (M)
18. Bright As Snow (M)
19. Spinning (M)

DISC SEVEN
01. On Green Dolphin Street (N)
02. My Blue Heaven (N)
03. My Mother's Eyes (N)
04. Sunny Side Up (N)
05. The More I See You (N)
06. Beware Rocks Comin' Down (N)
07. Don't Take Your Love From Me (N)
08. When I Grow Too Old To Dream (N)
09. I've Got The World On A String (N)
10. Bye Bye Blue