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    Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

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    • Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (–50)
    • Stitt's Bits ()
    • Kaleidoscope (–52)
    • Jazz at the Hi-Hat ()
    • The Battle of Birdland (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, )
    • Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones ()
    • Sonny Stitt Plays ()
    • New York Jazz ()
    • For Musicians Only (with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, )
    • 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c/57)
    • Only the Blues ()
    • Personal Appearance ()
    • Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers ()
    • Burnin' ()
    • Sonny Stitt ()
    • The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt ()
    • A Little Bit of Stitt ()
    • Saxophone Supremacy ()
    • Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues ()
    • Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements ()
    • Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio ()
    • Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Verve, )
    • Sonny Stitt Swings the Most ()
    • The Hard Swing ()
    • The Sonny Side of Stitt ()
    • Previously Unreleased Recordi

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      Rob Adams Journalist

      Laura Macdonald - two for the road on the record

       

      Saxophonist Laura Macdonald tells a story about recording her new Duets album with New York-based pianist David Berkman that will ring bells with those who remember singer Carol Kidd’s emergence on Linn Records.

      Back in , Kidd and her trio went into Castlesound studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh and essentially set up and played as if it was a gig, and the recording engineer, used to rock bands taking rather longer to produce the finished article, was astonished that singer and musicians could deliver performances of such quality one after the other.

      Fast forward thirty years and Macdonald and Berkman caused a similar reaction in Gorbals Sound, Glasgow’s high-end recording facility.

      “We spent some time experimenting with mic positions to get the sound the way we wanted it,” says Macdonald who, as with Kidd, has no little onstage experience and has also made two albums under h

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      SUNDAY JAZZ 

      SONNY STITT

      Sonny Stitt - The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions [] (9 x CDs)

      Sonny Stitt, born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. on February 2, , in Boston, Massachusetts, was a distinguished American jazz saxophonist celebrated for his contributions to the bebop and hard bop styles. His musical journey began in Saginaw, Michigan, where he was adopted by the Stitt family and later took on the name &#;Sonny.&#; Stitt&#;s professional career took off in the early s, playing with big bands led by Tiny Bradshaw, Billy Eckstine, and Dizzy Gillespie.

      Initially, Stitt&#;s career was overshadowed by comparisons to Charlie Parker, but he gradually carved out his own identity, especially on the tenor saxophone. Renowned for his warm tone and virtuosic technique, Stitt recorded over albums, making him one of the most documented saxophonists of his era. His collaborations with jazz legends like Bud Powell, Gene Ammons, and Miles Davis further cemented h

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